Perhaps the most worrying opinions are those of
people who actually don't care about getting their
facts straight or about being right they just care
about being believed or winning an argument.

Making sure that your opinion is properly grounded
does have a moral dimension to it -
if your opinion can have devastation for
people, animals, and the planet

According to this amusing little book I stumbled upon years ago - "Crimes against logic" by a certain Mr. Jamie Whyte who points out that having 'rights' necessitates 'obligations'. In this instance -

Q. Does your right to your opinion oblige me to agree with you?
A. No.

Q. Does your right to your opinion oblige me to listen to you?
A. No.

Q. Does your right to your opinion oblige me to let you keep it?
A. No. We often have an obligation to change other's opinion. Example: You have to cross the street with a friend. A car is coming yet your friend still takes a stride into the road. Knowing that your friend is not suicidal, you infer that they are of the opinion that no cars are coming. Are you obliged to let your friend keep this opinion?

I trust that this has settled the discussion and made everything perfectly clear and logical. (Smiley emoji.)

Journalists should keep their opinions to themselves !

Aries54,
Careful boyo!!
Logic around here could get you into trouble.

"I have a right to my opinion." is something that a person
usually states when they're attempting to reject
objections to their argument. They do this by claiming that
they're entitled to their opinion. This claim is usually
spoken by people who are trying to defend their argument
on its merits.

It's a last ditch in their attempt to rescue their position
no matter how ill-founded or wrong that opinion might be.

However the right to hold an opinion is usually not what's
in dispute. What is usually in dispute is whether one's
opinion is true or false. It's the content of the opinion
that's usually being questioned.

cont'd ...

For example not everyone has the knowledge necessary
to form an opinion that is a serious candidate for the
truth - as in medicine or science. As mentioned earlier
the statement that vaccines-cause-autism promotor with
no medical credentials is not a candidate for the truth
like a doctor. Some opinions need to be evidence based
to hold any weight.