{"id":945812,"date":"2021-10-31T14:43:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T18:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=945812"},"modified":"2021-10-31T14:43:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T18:43:46","slug":"fact-check-did-this-new-york-church-become-the-first-in-the-state-to-receive-a-liquor-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-this-new-york-church-become-the-first-in-the-state-to-receive-a-liquor-license\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did This New York Church Become The First In The State To Receive A Liquor License?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-this-new-york-church-become-the-first-in-the-state-to-receive-a-liquor-license%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=945812&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=164254429247451&amp;set=a.115691444103750&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a headline from The Buffalo News claiming the True Bethel Baptist Church became the first church in New York to receive a liquor license.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence that the True Bethel Baptist Church received a liquor license. The article appears to be fabricated.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image shows what appears to be the front page of a \u201cspecial election edition\u201d of <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Buffalo News<\/a> in which the headline reads, \u201cTrue Bethel Baptist Church becomes the first church in NYS to receive a Liquor License: Rev. Darius Pridgen thanks Mayor Brown.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/07\/14\/fact-check-bbc-news-article-radiohead-fans-tuning-new-song\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: FACT CHECK: Did BBC News Publish This Article About Radiohead Fans?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/search\/?nsa=eedition&amp;app=editorial&amp;d1=&amp;d2=&amp;s=&amp;sd=desc&amp;l=25&amp;t=article&amp;q=true+bethel+baptist+church&amp;d1=&amp;d2=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Buffalo News<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/e-edition.buffalonews.com\/?_gl=1*1fjxk0y*_ga*MTg3MjE5NjIwNi4xNjM1NjE1NTY3*_ga_F8FFLLVDEZ*MTYzNTYxNTU2Ny4xLjAuMTYzNTYxNTU2Ny42MA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">daily<\/a> newspaper based in Buffalo, New York, has previously published stories about the church, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.truebethel.com\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">located<\/a> in Buffalo. For example, in 2015 the newspaper reported on the church\u2019s plans to operate a <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/true-bethel-baptist-church-plans-free-food-truck-for-the-needy\/article_66a13ffe-427e-5634-821e-5007866de8d6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">food truck<\/a> for the needy, while in 2016 it <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/coats-for-kids-distribution-saturday-at-true-bethel\/article_3f8152f9-077c-5da5-81a1-46e29abfdc79.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> on the church distributing free winter coats.<\/p>\n<p>There is, however, no evidence the outlet published the story featured in the Facebook post. Check Your Fact searched the outlet\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> for the article but found nothing resembling it. The Buffalo News also hasn\u2019t posted an article to that effect on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/181362508150\/search\/?q=liquor%20license\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thebuffalonews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter account<\/a>. The image of the purported newspaper appears to be fabricated.<\/p>\n<p>There is likewise no mention of a newly-acquired liquor license on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.truebethel.com\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">True Bethel Baptist Church\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/395990234337562\/search\/?q=liquor%20license\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%22liquor%20license%22%20(from%3Atruebethelbc)&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> pages, nor the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%22liquor%20license%22%20(from%3ADariusPridgen)&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> account of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalony.gov\/1129\/Darius-G-Pridgen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rev. Darius Pridgen<\/a>, who the image claimed had thanked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalony.gov\/directory.aspx?EID=144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown<\/a> for the license. There is also no record of the church having a liquor license on the New York State Liquor Authority\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tran.sla.ny.gov\/servlet\/ApplicationServlet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dyvettemck?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Danetta McKinnon<\/a>, a spokesperson for the church, told the Associated Press the claim is \u201ccompletely false.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a headline from The Buffalo News claiming the True Bethel Baptist Church became the first church in New York to receive a liquor &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-945812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}