Experts cost money. One side can pay for experts, the other can't. In this case it's the newspapers and publishers. Other times it will be the copyright lobby.

Experts cost money. One side can pay for experts, the other can't. In this case it's the newspapers and publishers. Other times it will be the copyright lobby. It's reminds me of well-funded think-tanks providing experts with academic credentials very articulately arguing that supply-side effects are a great reason to cut taxes for the super-rich and decrease or privatize those costly public services. How many think-tanks advocating increasing taxes for the rich to pay for public services for all get a steady income stream? It's like a biased random walk. Sometimes things go backwards a bit, but the direction's set by underlying bias of the system.