According to Jesse Zwick, RT persuades "legitimate experts and journalists" to appear as guests by allowing them to speak at length on issues ignored by larger news outlets.
Notable guests have included think tank intellectuals like Jared Bernstein,[REF] John Feffer and Lawrence Korb; journalists and writers Jacob Sullum, Pepe Escobar,[REF] and Brian Doherty,[REF] and heads of state, including Ecuador's Rafael Correa,[REF] and Syria's Bashar al-Assad [REF].