Of course. His role was to appear like someone trying his best to
take Trump down. He was the ultimate takedown for Trump, so when
he came up empty, it was that much more believable.
The fact that Trump hand-picked him was lost on the media. The
fact that if he was compromised his investigation would be as well
was lost on the media. The fact that Trump never fired him was
lost on the media. The fact that there's actually no evidence he's
anything other than a hard-core prosecutor was lost on the media.
The media literally ignored every bit of evidence to support the
fact that RR was simply out to find the truth (along with RM).
To be fair, towards the end they figured it out, hence the failed
attempts to discredit them and manufacture his departure and
all the sexual harassment claims against Mueller.