> However, our style is to use lower case with an initial cap for acronyms where you would normally pronounce the set of letters as a word (eg Maga, Sars, Aids, Nasa, Opec, Apec).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsstyleguide/all/
It’s a matter of style, not something someone “should know better.”
> There are a few exceptions:
> Seasonal Affective Disorder becomes SAD ("Sad" would be confusing)
> Where a capped-down acronym risks being misunderstood as a word.
And when I say "should know better", a news organization, especially a place as respected as the BBC, should try to reduce confusion wherever possible. And as a matter of politeness, when it is an organization/person's name, it should probably cased the way they chose to name it, like "NASA" or "e e cummings".