It's OK be wrong. We can't always be right. More importantly, we need to value having the confidence to change our mind in light of new, reliable, & credible information or evidence - even if it contradicts what we previously thought. Imho, that shows REAL strength of character.
ONE major problem we face is that our current commercial print & broadcast news is increasingly partisan & combative, disproportionately features views which align with powerful interests, too often denies complexity & nuance, & avoids the measured & impartial framing of stories. 
In a context of hyper-free-market capitalism in the UK & USA, it's clear that very powerful & grotesquely wealthy individuals disproportionately own & influence much of the press & broadcast news in order to help shape public opinion & Govt policy, & thus protect their interests.
The planned & often opportunistic use of inflammatory rhetoric or dangerously irresponsible discourse results in large audiences & thus advertising revenue: reasonable, nuanced & measured expert voices are increasingly excluded, replaced with deliberately provocative contrarians.
This process reached its apotheosis in Fox News in the USA - a channel which unashamedly uses populist nationalist radicalization techniques to drive extremely dangerous hyperpartisanship, exposing just how vulnerable our democracies are to bad faith actors with enormous wealth.
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