I agree it was not productive. However the corporate media got their clips to post, hoping to show them pushing back (mildly). And the pathological liar out to ruin the lives of Americans got clips to post showing him 'battling' the mainstream media. So win-win for them, I guess, if not us.
The BulwarkRFK: "You are saying nonsense." Bash: "I am not saying nonsense, excuse me?…This is not productive. " RFK: "You're talking nonsense…You were scaring people." Bash: "Why are you saying that?" RFK: "Because that was the job of CNN." Bash: "Okay, stop."