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True, today I was wound up when a presenter was convinced that the track and trace would fall to bits because, (according to people recruited to man the phones in the last few weeks), people who were asked to identify who they had had recent contact with would refuse to divulge details, despite the fact that the NHS experts who have been running similar projects for years for a whole range of diseases, not least HIV, were saying that their experience suggested it wouldn't be an issue.
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The BBC's problem is their foolish belief that impartialty could be satisfied by 'balance'.
'Balance' was ushered in to allow the politically motivated to dispute Climate Change.
Hence we had the (unqualified) Nigel Lawson being given equal airtime as climate scientists who knew what they were talking about.
The blustering Right funded by fossil fuel producers found this 'balance' to be very effective.
Pushed a little further, any criticism of Right wing policies, or continued fossil fuel use is now criticised as a 'lack of balance' or the BBC failing to be impartial.