Tony Burman is former head of Al Jazeera English and CBC News, and now
teaches at Ryerson University’s School of Journalism. While Managing
Director of Al Jazeera’s English news channel in Qatar from 2008-2010,
its worldwide reach more than doubled to 220 million households, and he
led the campaign that brought Al Jazeera to Canada in 2009 and expanded
it throughout the United States. While at the CBC, he spent more than
three decades as an award-winning news and documentary producer, working
in 30 countries, including seven years as CBC’s Editor-in-Chief.
So what have we learned from this most recent fighting in the Middle East — beyond the pain, suffering and utter futility of it all? We have learned at least two things about the long-term: using violence as a solution will never work, and no solution without bringing in Iran — and Hamas — will ever matter.
by Tony Burman
How dumb are the American people? Don’t they see the presidential choices in front of them?
