Its not satire presented as the truth. Its one view of the Great War thats used to encourage debate,as in "how truthful is the picture of the Great War as portrayed in Blackadder".
Gove is utterly wrong about this, as someone might well be who has never stood in front of a class, except for some
PR stunt.
Someone who has never had to inspire or engage in the classroom. You use all the tools at your disposal,if watching Blackadder starts a debate,job done.
I suspect most of the comments are a 'kneejerk',because Lord Baldrick happens to be a lefty.