What Josh Clark has said about Spectrum scarcity
2 quotes · 1 episode · Jun 13, 2026
Josh Clark, Co-host of Stuff You Should Know, has been quoted on Spectrum scarcity 2 times in 1 episode of Stuff You Should Know, most recently on June 13, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Clark describes government regulation of naturally occurring airwaves as an artificial construct.
“It's an artificial idea that the government can say, we regulate these airwaves”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: How the Fairness Doctrine Worked (Jun 13, 2026) · Listen from 22:59
Clark argues that the end of spectrum scarcity and the unregulated status of print media removed the doctrine's remaining justification.
“spectrum scarcity going away and the fact that the newspaper industry, the print media was not regulated anywhere near the same way, really kind of removed any remaining foundation”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: How the Fairness Doctrine Worked (Jun 13, 2026) · Listen from 49:45
Episodes
Selects: How the Fairness Doctrine WorkedStuff You Should Know · Jun 13, 2026 · 53 min
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant trace the history of the FCC's Fairness Doctrine, from early radio regulation to its 1987 abandonment and debated legacy.
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