I can't count off my fingers on how many times they have killed bitcoin before, and everytime they do that, It doesn't make the real bitcoin enthusiast mad about them. Why? because just like you said, it is the perfect time to buy more bags if they were able to successfully drag the price down by spreading FUD. Weak hands and doubters were easily get carried away with such FUD, so the possibility here is - those who spread FUDs or that media the OP was taking about may have benefited more than those who actually bought at the bottom and got afraid right after bitcoin made a sharp correction while news like "bitcoin is dead" was spreading all over the internet.
Bitcoin enthusiast confidence towards bitcoin were never crushed or devastated with such headlines like that. They all have witnessed the ups and downs and that's what built the very foundation of their confidence and trust towards bitcoin.