I see a lot of people refuting this data, yet provide no counter evidence. Let's remove politics from this, is YouTube being deceptive? I am honestly asking. I

I see a lot of people refuting this data, yet provide no counter evidence. Let's remove politics from this, is YouTube being deceptive? I am honestly asking. I have noticed in the past controversial videos have their views/dislikes reset. Anecdotal, but I would like to see if there is truth to vote and view manipulation. Hell look at sometimes how manipulated the trending pages are. I remember for months low view count Jimmy Kimmel clips were boosted to trending. Logged in or not. Seems like mainstream Hollywood stuff is far more likely to trend. YouTube is silent about explaining why this happens. It can't all possibly be spam and bots.