Interview with Erik Kruetzfeld for primary research purposes.

1. Interview Q&A
Erik Kruetzfeld- U of C political science 2nd year student
1. Where do you usually consume your news media?
● News mobile apps
● Huffington post
● Washington post
● Provincial website
● Federal website
● IG for Trudeau and Jason Kenney accounts on parties updates
2. How do you manage navigating misinformation?
● Consume as much as I can, and determine my own idea of truth. Find factual
sources and decide my own idea and story from them.
● Look at multiple sources to get a well rounded idea and form my own opinion and
view.
CNN, new york times, CBC, fox news,
3. What kind of features would you like to see on the website?
● Determine a biased article and remove it.
● Like to see both sides,liberal and conservative
● Source citations to demonstrate credibility
4. What emotions do you feel when searching for news?
● Curiosity
● Disbelief

2. 5. How has viewing the media changed since Covid, big differences or the
same in trustworthiness?
● Very skeptical since covid, trustworthiness has gone down since the pandemic.
6. How important is it to you to find accurately sourced information?
● 8-9 on a rating scale
7. What websites have you used to access news?
● MSN news since it was the default on his computer
8. Top platforms to access news?
● Usually from social media, political figures Instagram accounts.