What I read, yes. But not so much how I perceive the truthfulness of the info as I'll seek alternative viewpoints when presented with something of consequence. For local news like festivals in Oslo over the weekend, or political happenings in our government, I trust these as no outside influence would really care enough to try and offer an alternative, competing viewpoint and there's little to no reason for them to be altered anyway.
For major happenings like the Utoya Island Attack, I wait a few days before gathering news since the initial moments are always chaotic, but then I seek news from other sources to verify or expand on what I'm reading locally, not that most outside sources had anything to offer.
I'm savvy enough with communications to recognize overtly or covertly slanted info and while I'll still approach them, I do so cautiously. Many conspiracy theories arose out of the Utoya indicent, like any mass tragedy.
My political leaning influences my perception too, or at least where I'm most likely to seek info from as a primary sources. So where I get my news or what I read is canted. I don't typically pay much attention to happenings in the SCS unless it involves the US, a fellow NATO partner who could influence our interest in the region if things get hot. Like wise in the Middle East. I follow our interests or geopolitical partners, but local events or even major happenings tend not to peak my interest.
Despite being Norwegian, I don't inherently look at the Russians or their media with distrust and do value their media as an alternative viewpoint to US or European alternatives. It's only the East Asian or South Asian sources that I don't really bother with, but mostly it's because I don't concern myself with the happenings of either region, rather then the trustworthiness of the sources.
Oh I know, I'm just not feeling very serious today.
Same's been happening in Russia with independent sources dwindling or being intimidated or drowned out by the state-led narrative. I recognize it's serious, following the US-Turkey coup spat showed me how interesting these types of dynamics are with competing narratives and assignment of blame or attribution of guilt in the incident with either side rejecting the others narrative, but I can't say that my experience follows the same course.
Unless I'm truly, super deluded into think it doesn't
! Remind me to stock up on tin-foil next time I go shopping.
Neither party because they've both a poor history and an interest in maintaining, presenting and proving their narrative, no matter if it's true or not. We can't know what the CIA is doing without some sort of high-value look into its operations, like an NSA leak (though Snowden has been radically exaggerating his claims recently).
On the same side, we don't trust the Turks without them providing evidence to support their claims, evidence we are unlikely to be able to corroborate.
So either side is offering hearsay as far as we civilians are concerned, and the truth is there somewhere, but we're blind to it.
