> Argument from authority is a bad thing specifically when it's used to make incorrect claims on the basis of authority.

Exactly. Thank you.

> I'd place a lot more stock on it than on a random headline based on their authority alone. So I, for one, care.

I would leave you to contemplate the meaning of what you yourself wrote.

Don't follow. But you omitted the 'conditional on' part so I'm not sure you did either?