"Burnett was quoted about rising new HIV supervirus infections in a "POZ" cover story called "Bite the Bullet" as saying that "If you want to play God, [deliberately] spread HIV and ruin other lives in the process—then do us all a g------ favor and put a f------ bullet through your head instead.”

Burnett's 2004 "Hour" cover story interview with Jamaican dancehall performer Sizzla  was reported on national newscasts in Canada and made international headlines—including in Jamaica's national newspaper The Jamaica Gleaner—after Sizzla told Burnett, "[Homosexuality] is wrong!Once we stoop to sodomites and homosexuals, it is wrong!