Fox News forced to apologize after Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary makes wild claims about opponents of his vast AI data center: Fox News and Fox Business aired 45-second retractions, admitting there was no evidence linking local critics of O’Leary’s project to Chinese funding

We know WHY they apologized🙄

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* Fox News has issued a series of on-air apologies after Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary made unfounded allegations linking critics of his vast AI data center project in Utah to the Chinese government.
* The retraction was broadcast across four separate programs on Fox News and Fox Business over a four-day period, Mediaite reported. During a 45-second segment on The Big Weekend Show, host Johnny Joey Jones said O’Leary had corrected his initial comments regarding the Stratos Project data center development. O’Leary had appeared on Fox May 24 to discuss the ongoing furor over his Utah data center project.
* “He made certain claims relating to the opponents of his project. Mr. O’Leary has now corrected the record,” Jones said, adding that the Shark Tank star had “no evidence” that his opponents to the project “are funded by China or the Chinese communist party.”
* **Jones added that the network similarly found no proof that the critics were operating under the direction of, or in coordination with, Chinese interests, concluding the segment with an apology from Fox News Media for the error.**
* **O’Leary’s massive AI infrastructure project in rural Utah has become mired in controversy. While he has defended the development as a critical national defense asset, local lawmakers and conservationists have challenged the facility over its projected 9-gigawatt power demand and potential environmental impact on the Great Salt Lake.**

He made that claim on CNN, too.

“They probably are, we just can’t prove it” all of maga, unironically 

O’Leary will have to find a new monster under the bed to blame.

The girls that he accused of being funded by the Chinese government came out with a hilarious video in response. They are two sweet young activists that truly care about Utah. I highly recommend everyone watches it so you can see how fucking stupid Kevin O’Leary is. https://youtu.be/JDy6UrHittQ

Damn how crazy do you have to be that fox has to apologize on your behalf?

Oof. You know you’re outside when even Fox News distances themselves.

FYI from another article:

>In a social media post Friday (last week), O’Leary pulled back his unsubstantiated claims, while stopping short of apologizing.

>”Recently I appeared on various news programs and would like to clarify that I have no evidence that Alliance for a Better Utah, Elevate Strategies, Gabrielle Finlayson, Taylor Knuth or Josh Kanter are funded by China or the Chinese Communist Party,” O’Leary wrote.

He can be forgiven to a degree for thinking it is okay to go on Fox News and tell blatant lies. They do it 24/7.