This is my thesis on this topic...

that would make me an alt-right Nazi, can't have that, can we? 😉

The message is the only thing that matters. All messengers give messages, and all of them will never achieve 100% message accuracy.Thus, as a messenger continues delivering messages, their net accuracy will still and always be in flux

Well, it depends if the Messenger tries to deliver the Message or change it because they like it more in a different way.

@caykoh Well if you already had an opinion now you can write your essay

If BBC lied to me about soccer hooligans, repeatedly, but tell me the rectar scale of an earthquake that just rocked me, as does my dad who a geloigst, and their the same, the BBC message on the earthquake can be trusted

^

After evaluation of course

I hope to compose my paper with greater Mount of data than my conclusive opinion on the topic

Well start with that

How does these two relate and which one is most important and why

Exactly

One last query

Given accuracy is the valuable factor from news , how should a person create their habits of media consumption to ensure they arrive at accurate reporting?

@caykoh They should refer back to sources and even multiple organization to find consistency between reports

Do their own research pretty much

@caykoh here's my tip. avoid large conglomerates or companies in cases where there's conflict of interest such as RT on Russia or MSM on Trump and immigration. Individual journalists like tim are your best bet

because they bypass the noise

Well when has your media cleared of invalid news

*up

The noise being ?

Even independent news has bias

transactional model of communication @caykoh meaning anything that hampers the message

Also misinformation

which could be multiple disagreeing claims, misinformation or inconsistency, spin, telling what the audience wants to hear

etc

Your statement individual news doesnt do this

generally yes

but they are not immune to bias

an individual rarely has corporate funding behind his stories

They also appeal to a certain group

Both big and small and individual

suppose that i own a newspaper which is sponsored by a bank. It's highly unlikely that after criticizing the banking sector i would receive any more funding

Those are almost all arguements in favor of the messenger determining the trustowrthtness though

Instead of the message

Its directed at determining what news to watch

But I guess

Let's assume the question applies to not current affairs in the news but let's say a research report you are given on maybe, something like, forecasts of a market you invest in, to get detail on predicting that markets safety for your money

Could be right or wrong, the author may have an interest in moving the market with the report for their own profit, does the messenger matter as t all or just the message?

that one gives me a headache

because in theory only the message and its content should matter