ClaimsMarc Andreessen

“I spend half an hour every morning reading the news, in addition to newspapers.”

Marc Andreessen, Netscape founder and COO June 1995 Smithsonian Oral and Video Histories: Marc Andreessen (Smithsonian) archived copy

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Andreessen spends half an hour every morning reading news online, in addition to newspapers.

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Personal daily habit of Andreessen; only he could confirm.

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Marc Andreessen, “Andreessen spends half an hour every morning reading news online, in addition to newspapers.” (said June 1995). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_cc0896e0aa80, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_cc0896e0aa80

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