You're right, possitive publicity is always better. 
But just remember how quickly we got above 1k.. One year ago, we dreamed even about $800, because we were somewhere around $400 or something.. On September we were on $600 and on New Years Eve we poped our champagne with $1k.. Two months later we reached ath at $1400, so being around 1k again it is not any big disaster, we still have hundreds of % growth within one single year. I think it's amazing and current btc price just makes me smile. 
But just remember how quickly we got above 1k.. One year ago, we dreamed even about $800, because we were somewhere around $400 or something.. On September we were on $600 and on New Years Eve we poped our champagne with $1k.. Two months later we reached ath at $1400, so being around 1k again it is not any big disaster, we still have hundreds of % growth within one single year. I think it's amazing and current btc price just makes me smile.