In 2008, News Today Heidi Brown wrote News Today in Forbes that "the Kremlin is making use of charm, good pictures as well as a balanced dose of intercourse appeal to appeal to a diverse, skeptical viewers. The end result is entertaining – and ineffably Russian." She included that Russia News Today has managed to "get foreigners to at the very least take into account the Russian viewpoint – having said that eccentric it may be. Observers have criticized the point out-supported/controlled character of RT as an instrument of propaganda.