and in bad times expert play the role of psychologist ...
explaining what might have gone wrong in your / our live.
Joe Nocera, The NYT - quoted (from memory)
P.S. 1
But even so. Consider to entertain and feed a bunch of them, so you can later wash your hands of any wrong (and unpopular, e.g. Schlicker/WAZ) decision, action and non-action and blame the expert!
P.S. 2
'The Dailyshow mit Jon Stewart' with quest Joe Nocera (Episode March 4, 2009)
"CNBC gives reasoned financial reporting that combines the raw speed of fast money with the intelligence of a box of parrots."