Yeah, you're not the first to notice that. It is very apparent when you search on YouTube for a politicians name and especially if that politician has been invo

Yeah, you're not the first to notice that. It is very apparent when you search on YouTube for a politicians name and especially if that politician has been involved in a scandal. For American politicians, American mainstream media outlets such as Washington Post, CBS, ABC, Fox News and CNN dominate the search results on the first few pages. Same thing with other countries politicians so for British politicians you get videos from BBC, The Telegraph, The Guardian and so on. This happens even as those videos are not the most watched, most highly rated or most recent. Independent media outlets that live on YouTube's advertising revenue are completely furious about it but powerless to do anything about it. I don't think it makes the public better informed either. The most powerful propaganda tool is not misinformation but misdirection. Positive news gets boosted and negative news gets suppressed. Essentially that is happening when YouTube boosts mainstream media. One actors view is boosted and all dissenting views are suppressed.