This often applies even to their errors. But the people's good sense would despise the adulator who pretends that they always reason right about the means of promoting it. This leads directly to the problem of faction. Unfortunately, with our current ability to communicate, faction is a big problem today. And current leaders seem too easily swayed by it, thinking they have to get on the lastest bandwagon to remain popular.
Faction is a constant problem.
So, I will go back a few years for an example. A few years ago, there was a faction that said apples were unsafe because they were sprayed with something. There were even congressional hearings. It devestated Washington State apple growers. But the apples were, in fact, fine.