India, June 29 -- Maria Bartiromo, who is one of the most prominent figures on Fox News, was compelled to deliver a humiliating on-air apology after Shark Tank celebrity Kevin O'Leary made a baseless assertion during her program.

Bartiromo paused her Fox Business Network broadcast on Friday morning to extend a public apology for O'Leary, who inaccurately claimed in May that those opposing his Utah data center were receiving financial support from China.

"Mr. O'Leary has now corrected the record and explained that he has no evidence that the Alliance for a Better Utah, Elevate Strategies, Josh Kanter, Taylor Knuth, or Gabriel Finlayson are funded by China or the Chinese Communist Party," Bartiromo stated.

"Fox News Media is likewise awa...