A STORY OF HEROISM DROPPED because the BBC found it “too positive.”

The corporation has cancelled the commission for a 90-minute drama about Britain’s youngest surviving Victoria Cross hero because it feared it would alienate members of the audience opposed to the war in Iraq.

That says it all, doesn’t it? (Thanks to reader Amit Singh for the link).

UPDATE: Eugene Volokh isn’t sure about the Telegraph’s sourcing on this story — a fair point — but adds “appalling, if true.”