They aren't allowed to 'rip them to ****', any media outlet run by the BBC (and therefore it's employees) must be seen to remain impartial. Burns can't come out and say it's a disgrace or hammer the owners otherwise he loses any chance he has of getting into the club and interviewing people. He can give his opinion, sure, but he can't take decisive action on the part of the fans because RH have to remain unbiased. It's the same with the HDM, they can't just rip into the club, that's not how journalism works.
If you're waiting for some sort of Paxman-esque question time with the owners where somebody from RH or the HDM tears into Allam then I hope you've brought a good book to read. Burns isn't to blame for anything vis a vie the communication from the club, he reports what he gets told. If it turns out to be false or wrong then how is it his problem? He gets told it and he reports it to us, you'd be mega pissed off if he didn't and he isn't going to start making things up to fill airtime/column inches. The club aren't saying anything at the moment, therefore there's nothing to report. They aren't taking interviews or answering questions, so what exactly are you wanting the media to do or say given everything I just said?
I understand your frustration, I really do, but hammering the local media for not reporting anything when they themselves aren't getting any news isn't really fair. You'd have just as much luck ringing the club and asking yourself, you'll be told the exact same thing.
