Bletchley :
I agree with what you say up to a point : what does the journalist ( and the editor above him ) want to achieve by publishing the exact name of the controller in this case ?
Following your reasoning, These journalist must also know that no-one willfully "killed "118 pax. so why reporting the words said by the victim rep without commenting on it ?
I find both of these irresponsible , and sad to see this coming from the BBC, which I normally respect a lot.
The whole Airport structure and safety system failed in Linate.
The controllers gave clear taxi clearances but accepted very poor read backs. The ground signs were inappropriate and some apparently unknown to the ATC staff on duty. It took 30 minutes for the fire rescue to find the Citation hull despite a functioning ELB that could not be heard in the TWR.
These are points that will need very serious review.
The airport had no functioning safety management system in place, and this is seen by the investigators as the main contributing factor.. The report place great emphasis in non-punitive incident reporting to learned from past errors as a basis to improve Safety. .
Sending them to jail will certainly improve the reporting in the future!
I hate to think what they would have done with the Citation pilots if they would have survived the crash...
And I fully endorse your last sentence. Indeed.