YouTube recommended a Russian media site thousands of times for analysis of Mueller’s report, a watchdog group says

Show me the lie. :P

Seriously though, setting aside potential algorithm fuckery that's old hat at this point, what's the real problem here?

Because as has been discussed at length, YouTue has a long history of promoting altright propaganda, conspiracy theories, and fake news on its platform over actual journalism or other factual content.

• YouTube just demonetized anti-vaccination channels

• Searching for news on Ruth Bader Ginsburg? YouTube offered conspiracy theories about the Supreme Court justice instead

• YouTube search results for A-list celebrities hijacked by conspiracy theorists

• Two years after #Pizzagate showed the dangers of hateful conspiracies, they’re still rampant on YouTube

• YouTube’s conspiracy theory crisis, explained

• YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant

That it's an RT video benefiting?

RT is Russian state owned media. So yes, having the Russian narrative on the Mueller Report be the top hit on YouTube does help RT and Russia.

Yes, I would much prefer to have an actual respected news agency, preferably an American one, be the top hit for such a major event. Especially considering the subject matter is Russia's influence on our elections through such places like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

But sure, let's watch everyone else pretend they were only ever talking about the meta obstruction of justice angle that actually has impeachable meat on its bones and not doing the "Trump calls Putin zaddy" bit for three years. That is far more desirable than someone "being sharply critical of American press coverage," according to the Washington Post, obviously.

This is such a poor strawman that it is not even worth responding to.