Great to see a reporter do so much digging into an unknown person's life, but the writing style was so sparse and dumbed down it actually made the article less

Great to see a reporter do so much digging into an unknown person's life, but the writing style was so sparse and dumbed down it actually made the article less readable. There were several captions longer than entire paragraphs, which wasn't difficult given that the majority of the paragraphs in the article are single, simple sentences. A quick read-through indicates that the longest paragraph is a whopping three sentences. Is this the level of literacy and attention span editors at BBC expect of the average reader?