It's worth keeping in mind that most Americans are not news-addicts and do not regularly read the news. For negative press to filter to the less-engaged public,

It's worth keeping in mind that most Americans are not news-addicts and do not regularly read the news. For negative press to filter to the less-engaged public, you would need continuous press for months at a time. (This is also why it's a key political strategy to identify one bad news story about a politician and beat it until it's past dead.) Until that happens, I am not convinced this is bad for facebook. The real question should be: do I believe Facebook will decline more than I believe Facebook will sort of muddle through (like Twitter) or Facebook stages some sort of recovery and return to grace.