It's all about the trade-offs you are willing and not willing to make. Raw and JPEG both involve making a trade-off, and it is up to all of us to make our own decisions as to which is the lesser of two evils.
For me, most of the time, I stand a better chance of getting better pictures with JPEG - raw doesn't allow me rapid enough shutter repeats, and puts constraints on the time I can spend in the field (because of the vastly increased processing time and the storage problem).
For the next person, the opposite applies. If, for example, I mostly did landscapes, I'd mostly shoot raw for the extra flexibility it allows in PP. But for bird work, especially action shots, the ability to ripple off a long series of frames without delay is crucial. Yes, I have to get the white balance and exposure right first time but that is, in my case, the lesser evil and results in fewer missed shots. Your case may differ, of course.
Summary: don't stress out about what other people do and say, just find out what works best for you and get on with taking great pictures.
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