"Talk Radio's Last Stand"

"Talk Radio's Last Stand" -- that's the cover title of the cover story of an article in Newmax magazine. An advertisement for the article says,

If the Democrats win the White House, expect an all-out attack on talk radio. Political talk, as we know it, could end . . .

If they win, Rush, Imus, Savage, Beck, and dozens of other major hosts will be muzzled by using federal regulations to control political talk.. . .

. . . . As Newsmax magazine reveals in its just-released special report, "The Battle for Talk Radio," leading liberals in Congress, the Democratic presidential candidates, and even some Republicans speak openly of their plans to end conservative talk radio using federal regulations.

. . . Their weapon: a revived Fairness Doctrine, which would once again require stations to air divergent points of view — a clever ruse that makes station owners leery of airing controversial talk-radio hosts fearing law suits and federal sanctions.

This blog's articles about the Fairness Doctrine are listed here. I am against a broad fairness doctrine for broadcasters but I am strongly in favor of a blogging fairness doctrine that would prohibit the arbitrary censorship of visitors' comments on blogs, with an exception for bloggers who post a prominent notice stating that they practice arbitrary censorship of comments.