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On April 9, 2023, the CBC published an article written by Desmond Brown that can be best described as fake news. In the Brown article, the CBC writer cites sources who describe events at a Markham mosque as " hate crimes" that have not been proven in court to be a crime let alone being determined to be hate crimes. The title of the article is "Hate Motivated Attack" and Brown quoted many people who claimed the event to be “hate motivated” without the sources being qualified to make such serious claims. Brown quotes local Member of Parliament, Mary Ng, who tweeted that she was “deeply disturbed to hear of the violent hate crimes and racist behaviour”: MP Ng “heard” of the incident. The article includes intensely inflammatory, speculative comments against the accused from several important sources such as Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti and Kristyn Wong-Tam, the NDP MPP for Toronto Centre. It seems no one cited by Brown was present at the time of the alleged attack or had any direct knowledge of the accused or intimate knowledge of the details of the event. Hijab Hoax: “a hate crime” Brown’s article is reminiscent of the hijab hoax that the CBC perpetrated on the entire world. One article entitled 'I felt really scared:' Toronto girl says man tried to cut off her hijab as she walked to school led with: "Police are now characterizing the attack as a hate crime”. This article was published on Friday, January 12, 2018 at 9:49 a.m. and includes: “Toronto police are investigating the incident as a hate crime.” along with quotes from then Mayor John Tory and Prime Minister Tory. The 2018 article that made international news cites no eye-witnesses or any reviewed video evidence. The published falsehood claimed that an Islamophobic attack took place on an 11 year old girl at around 9 a.m. and the story was published at 9:49. The only evidence referenced was by a CBC reporter who claimed via twitter that: “Heartwarming note: A friend gave her (sic: the lying 11 year old) another hijab to wear,” “The one (sic: slashed hijab) she was wearing with the 12 inch gash is with police as evidence.” The CBC was the one providing claims of evidence where none existed. The CBC’s journalistic standard for reporting on Islamophobia does not require evidence, facts, or reliable sources as further evidenced by other articles purporting Islamophobia. By Monday, the media was reporting that the investigation was closed but the world had learned of the allegation. Sharan Karunakaran: "a hate-motivated attack" The article by CBC's Brown stays true to the CBC’s pattern of calling events a hate crime/attack without any evidence. Brown repeatedly peppers the article with the word “hate” and references people to support these claims who were not eye witnesses and seemingly do not know the suspect, Sharan Karunakaran. Brown published the article on April 9th, 2023 and the alleged attack took place on April 6th, 2023. Brown does not mention the suspect’s name, does not include a photo, or give any indication as to why Karunakaran might hate Muslims or what organization he may belong to in order to explain the alleged link to Islamophobia. To be clear, Sharan Karunakaran is presumed innocent until proven guilty and, as of this writing, there is no finding of a hate crime and he has yet to be convicted of anything. Brown also includes mention of a bear spray incident at a GTA mosque. Mohammad Moiz: "hate-motivated incident." Brown references the bear spray incident but does not mention that the suspect, Mohammad Moiz, is seemingly Muslim, Brown cites "authorities" as calling the matter "hate-motivated" without any context or explaining the identity of the alleged attacker. The bear spray incident is lumped together with the 2017 Quebec mosque shooting, the London incident, issues in Alberta, and other events as if they are somehow linked to a singular entity when in fact, Brown is conflating mental health issues with unknown factors and unproven allegations. Brown’s article synthetically fuses events over six years across three provinces and frames them as Islamophobia. The disinformation falsely labels the fatal stabbing of Mohamed-Aslim Zafis and the June 2021 London tragedy as “anti-Muslim hate attacks”. Mohamed-Aslim Zafis: anti-Muslim hate attack The CBC framed the regretful incident involving Mohamed-Aslim Zafis as Islamophobic. While the accused, Guillermo Von Neutegem, was before the courts the CBC published an article that suggested he was a racist, white supremacist and killed Mohamed-Aslim Zafis in alignment with his hateful ideals. This was despite his Charter right to be presumed innocent and his right to a fair trial. The CBC articles about Von Neutegem typically include his photo and the CBC’s online articles about Karunakaran and Moiz do not. In the article entitled “Man charged in stabbing death of mosque caretaker followed hate group online” published online on September 21, 2022, the CBC writer does not include a single source who knows the accused or cites any evidence of any wrong doing by Guillermo Von Neutegem. The source cited in the article- who apparently had never met Von Neutegem – is quoted as saying: "They're (sic: members of a club/organization the article attempts to link to Von Neutegem) all the worst things that you could possibly think of ". The article is pure speculation and conjecture based on potential social media usage yet uses very strong, declarative language to condemn the accused. The “hate group” allegedly linked to Guillermo Von Neutegem is not even Canadian and is UK based. Ultimately, Guillermo Von Neutegem was found by the courts to be NCR (not criminally responsible). There seems to be no evidence to support the claim, as suggested by the CBC article, that he was a fervent racist and linked to a “satanic neo-Nazi death cult.” On March 27, 2023, the CBC published an article explaining the court’s NCR ruling. Von Neutegem suffers from mental health issues, which a source cited in the article suggests should not be a legal defense. The Crown and the defence made a joint submission that the accused be found not criminally responsible. Psychiatric reports filed with the court said Von Neutegem was diagnosed with schizophrenia. One report indicated that he had 'basic knowledge' regarding Islam but no feelings of animosity against it. Despite the court ruling, the psychiatric reports, Von Neutegem' s lack of animus, and the lack of mens rea, Brown still declares, in his own words with persuasive, definitive language, that the tragic death of Mohamed-Aslim Zafis was a "hate crime/attack". Afzaal Family: “anti-Muslim hate attack” Brown also definitively declared that the Afzaal family incident was a hate attack. The CBC repeatedly claims that the London tragedy is also a hate crime, again, violating the accused Charter rights to the presumption of innocence and a fair trail. In fact, there is a publication ban so publishing this unproven claim is not only a charter breach and unethical, it's against a court order. The CBC Ombudsman has stated that this goes against journalistic standards but that has not stopped the inaccurate reporting to continue. This matter is before the courts and may these claims may prove to be true but for now, the accused has not been convicted of anything let alone a hate crime. A deconstruction of Brown’s article into events within the GTA finds zero evidence of hate crimes against Muslims. There are three separate GTA events identified by Brown: 1) one proven not to be hate-related and a mental health issue, 2) one seemingly by a Muslim, and 3) another by a suspect in which almost no details are known. Two of the events are presently before the courts and are unproven at this juncture with no ruling on guilt or motivation. To date, there are no examples of any proven, hate-related murder or serious violence against Muslims by organized, white supremacists ever in the history of Ontario. The article by Brown fails to be balanced and does not mention that in Ontario violence by Muslims attacks are far more common and violent than attacks against them. Brown could have mentioned some examples of Muslim violence in the GTA such as: Annie Hang-Kam Chiu, Reese Fallon and Julianna Kozis, Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier and Shareef Abdelhaleem. In considering non-GTA acts, the 24 Canadians killed on 9/11, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, Amanda Lindhout, Momin Khawaja, Ashton Carleton Lamond and the Montreal Massacre (Gamil Gharbi) could have been raised by Brown. The CBC is committed to pushing a false narrative of racist, white Canadians violently attacking Muslims and minorities. In one CBC article, convicted terrorist Shareef Abdelhaleem , a Muslim, is quoted as saying he loved Canada, and he had never been discriminated against because of his religion or skin colour, but added the system (sic: justice system with respect to his charges and sentencing) was blatantly unfair. The CBC’s agenda-based articles promoting fear of, and hatred for , White Canadians on the premise that they are violent and racist are published frequently: 'We are here for you,' Trudeau tells Muslims in London after police report fatal hate crime | CBC News; White nationalism and right-wing extremism aren’t new to Canada; White supremacy is a 'harsh reality' in Canada, says public safety minister; We're smug about violent racism in the U.S., but there's blood on Canadian hands, too; Black parliamentarians say protest convoy is a venue for 'white supremacists'; The rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Canada — and why its lasting impact still matters; Posters, stickers promoting white nationalism appear in south Etobicoke Alleged attack on Toronto girl just a 'tiny glimpse' into anti-Muslim hate, advocate says Canadians among most active in online right-wing extremism, research finds Does Canada take the threat of far-right extremism seriously? Evidence-based Pattern of Violent Crimes There is a pattern for violent, horrific crimes in Canada but it is not related to racist Whites. In Canada, for 2021, 20% of people accused of homicide were identified as Black. The rate of Black people accused of homicide was almost 6 times higher than the rate for non-racialized ( white) people. The CBC uses its state-sponsored platform to push the false narrative that racist, white Canadians are violent and are a threat to public safety. The CBC has not demonstrated any interest in reporting on the demonstrative pattern of violence that does not fit their agenda, young, Black males. Desmond Brown wrote an article about gun violence in Toronto but did not mention the clear pattern of young, Black males being involved. In his article posted on September 24, 2022 he cites that there were 392 shootings in Toronto in 2017 and that the number was over 400 in each of the following years up to 2021. There is no evidence to suggest that any GTA shootings have ever been linked to a racist, White supremacist organizations, ever. Here are a few, of potentially many, examples of violent black crime in the GTA which is obviously a threat to public safety and represents a pattern of horrific, anti societal behavior. These examples all have a single common denominator, Black perpetrators/charged suspects of egregious crimes. The age range is 18-42 with the majority of those mentioned being in their twenties. The impact of these objectively pernicious crimes reaches all races, all colours, all ages, all religions, in all spaces. Some suspects have no updates on their cases available online and those not convicted should be considered innocent until proven guilty but each example cited involves a Black male charged with or convicted of a heinous a crime. The pattern is undeniable and is fact-based with a common denominator. Kids Victimized Kevin George, 21, and 24 year-old Demar Cadogan: shot up a 1 year old’s birthday party and an 11 year old, a 5 year old, and a one year old- the birthday child- were shot; *(The CBC has very little online information about Kevin George) Jahwayne Smart, 25, and Rashawn Chambers, 24 CJ Hobbs: killed 11 year old Dante Andreatta; T’Quan Robertson: shot two girls ( aged 5 and 9) playing in a Scarborough park; Jorrell Simpson-Rowe : killed 15 year old Jane Creba; GTA Malls Ayobami Owusu, Isaac Stafford: shot up (accused of) Yorkdale Mall in August of 2021; *The CBC seemingly has no online record of ever reporting on this accused. (status of charges unknown-presumed innocent until proven guilty); Bryan Gardner (21): shot up (allegedly) Pacific Mall and killed Chun Kit (Daniel) Cheong in 2009. (status of charges unknown-presumed innocent until proven guilty); Christopher Husbands (29): shot up the Eaton Center; Shaquille Jameel Taesean Small, 26, of Toronto: killed someone (allegedly) at the Scarborough Town Center. (status of charges unknown-presumed innocent until proven guilty); Ahmed Mohamad and Samir Mohamed Unoos, both 25: killed someone ( allegedly) at Fairview Mall and wounded two others. ( status of charges unknown-presumed innocent until proven guilty); https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6785065 Public Safety Tyrel Lindo-Mascoe (30) accused of stabbings * CBC seems to not have much online coverage of this suspect. (status of charges unknown-presumed innocent until proven guilty) Sean Petrie (40)- killed a cop (allegedly) at a Tim Hortons and shot others.*(Petrie was killed by Police so there is no formal conviction) Samuel Opoku (23)- threw feces (allegedly) at young Asians. (status of charges unknown-presumed innocent until proven guilty) Terence Hill (42): TTC incident of (alleged) shoving someone onto tracks * CBC seems to have minimal coverage and mention of Hill. (status of charges unknown-presumed innocent until proven guilty) Shaquille Anthony Miller, 25, Abdikarim Kerow, 18, ,and Thaino Toussaint, 20: shot up (allegedly) the Raptors Parade) (status of charges unknown-presumed innocent until proven guilty) 29-year-old Michael Oneil Donalds: Stabbings (accused of) at Raptor Parade. (* CBC seems to have minimal coverage and mention of Donalds. The status of charges unknown-presumed innocent until proven guilty) Conclusion As with attacks on Muslims, there is no evidence of any organized white violence against Blacks in the history of Ontario. While there are examples of property damage and intimidation, there are zero examples of racist Whites in Ontario killing a Black person out of hate or racial motivation. This fact is not aligned with the agenda of the CBC that wants to push the false narrative of violent, racist Whites killing and attacking minorities. The CBC is not reporting on the empirical evidence of a distinct, undeniable pattern of young, Black males being disproportionately responsible for serious, newsworthy, violent crimes. The focus of the CBC is presenting White Canadians as dangerous and a threat to Muslims and non-Whites despite the evidence of who in Toronto is responsible for concerns of public safety. Is public safety not a worthy consideration for state sponsored media? What about people who don't want to see young black men die? Who speaks for them? We all should. But as long as the CBC, politicians and the media want to ignore crime, we will never start any real progress towards ending violent crime and the majority of victims of violent crime will continue to be black and indigenous victims. But the focus will be on the myth of racisms in Canada. Let's prioritize honest discussions and public safety.