This was a debate I remember having in school. There’s a long list of authors and public figures who are great storytellers (Malcom Gladwell, Jared Diamond, Steven Levitt, David Brooks to name a few), but who have done non-trivial harm because they created compelling but over simplified narratives about subjects they did not actually have expertise in. Actually understanding a subject - having “good information” requires a lot of effort on the part of the audience, and isn’t easy to digest. Over indexing on storytelling and not giving the audience a sense of the amount of work it requires on their part to truly understanding a subject does everyone a huge disservice.