Can we trust the news? Can we trust the local media? Well!
No, we can`t. Media has been at the service of the governments for long now. Even "independent" newspapers trend to end at the at the same service when enough money is offered to them.
So, yeah, to find "the truth" (whatever "truth" means) is really difficult.
Do you remember "1984", by Orwell? How the "Ministry of Truth" used to change the news in order to legitimate the current government? Well, that is actually happening.
We can trust media at some point, but to believe on it it is much better to do research first to prove that it was true. Always remember not everything that was flashed in the media was not true, there are fake news that arises there also. Everyone has a freedom to post what we want there and we must need a deep understanding and think more before we believe on what has been posted by the media