He's right. It's only perception of news that counts, not the news itself, and that can vary depending on what kind of price environment we are in.
He's got an opinion, that doesn't make it right, or even close. Seriously, who cares about Thailand making something illegal? They are a speck in the Bitcoin world.
News are always interpreted (or discarded) in function of the current market mood.
Like Blitz said, who cared about Cyprus? They are even less then a peck in the Bitcoin world.
And yet everyone was talking about it when the market was bullish.
I viewed the FINCEN event as a bad news... but in a bullish market, that's good news.
Edit: By the way, that's a good insight into the current market sentiment...