Stephen Colbert desperately wants to be a censorship martyr

Late-night “comedian” Stephen Colbert is making a last gasp to save his dying show, or at the very least set himself up as a patron saint of victimhood among Democrats when he moves into the next chapter of his career.

Colbert threw a big fit this week over what he claimed was censorship from the Federal Communications Commission enforced by his bosses at CBS. The bit of “censorship” in question was a Colbert interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. CBS warned that airing the interview could violate the FCC’s equal time rules, which require broadcasters to afford equal time for candidates in the same race in a certain window before the election.