Man this thread was hijacked hard. Going back to the original point, I don't think it shows a bias in the BBC as it's more of a Katty Kay article rather than a "BBC article" as such. Same with other online news outlets, ones that really make a big deal out of who the writer is at the top let the writer do effectively what they want, whereas the more "official" articles don't big up the writer and come across as less obviously biased (Guardian online comes to mind for this, the ones where writers get free reign are ****in wild on there)
It specifically says at the top of the webpage that "this is the place for my take on what's happening" as opposed to "this is an official bias-less BBC article"