When you deal with any form of audience, you soon need to choose a side.
If you focus on what you think they need to hear, you might soon find yourself preaching to an empty room. Yet, if you started saying what they want to hear, you soon feel you are just not impacting them as much as you should.
I think it is important to pick a side, pick a message and stick to it. Some will hate you for this and of course, some will love you extra for this.
Anyway, anyhow, it is important to keep the message pure and straightforward. When people need to hear the truth, they know exactly who and where to get it from.