If they want reply to press articles they must be factual and not emotional.
They have to publish a strong denial or a strong approval.
Nuts!!
How in hell do you expect them to do that when the facts are not yet in evidence.
At least in a technical forum we get to debate speculations with some degree of balance. and we sure as hell don't yet agree with the news article.
When a newspaper prints statements as this,without being vetted by broad experts, it can cause great harm.
the BEA was correct in their response