It was a standard drop for a FF game, therefore expected and not bad news. Please check for something that obvious before posting - just seems silly to imply FF has suffered some dreadfully unexpected drop when it's totally in line with a hugely front loaded franchise in Japan when a two second check would have corrected your facts.
As to your second point, nope, I haven't felt any pattern of good/bad news - unless you're referring to attempts to always make good news look bad by certain fanboys.
For example NPD was in no way a surprise to anyone with half a brain. The Wii is the new PS2 currently in US and 360 is dominant - the real surprise was the PS3 was able to get the traction it was off it's price drop, I really though there simply wasn't enough marketshare left between the Wii and 360 for it to sell like that in US. Any sensible person tracking console sales knows there isn't going to be some amazing turnaround in US because of one game, for example Uncharted 2.
So I'd have to disagree really.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
