@antanicus If you're the same person who's posted stuff like this before (I don't keep track; I have a life to lead), then you don't understand what you're reading.

The first is a direct assertion -- a claim of fact -- by the organ itself. The second is requoting other people, and makes no assertion of fact.

The first says, "This is what WE say is going on." The second says, "This particular guy is making this particular claim".