  We study a cheap-talk game where two experts first choose what information to
acquire and then offer advice to a decision-maker whose actions affect the
welfare of all. The experts cannot commit to reporting strategies. Yet, we show
that the decision-maker's ability to cross-verify the experts' advice acts as a
commitment device for the experts. We prove the existence of an equilibrium,
where an expert's equilibrium payoff is equal to what he would obtain if he
could commit to truthfully revealing his information.
