Somehow, yes. I may not agree with those employee moods [1], but I understand how a financials magazine would have interest about how one of most valuable tech-stock's most valuable assets is doing: it's devs.
[1] not an American, not living in US either - so don't know any details about the Kavanaugh-Issue
The New York Times is not a "financials magazine". No serious investor would try to infer from such a story about the value of FB stock. They'd be looking at hard data like earning reports, sales figures, expense curves. Not exaggerated click-baity news stories. This is just sensationalism.
Sorry, you're right. I've read the NYT article but had Bloomberg in my mind. My bad. But anyway: if I were holding FB stock, this would be of interest nonetheless. Either to be afraid. Or to know others will be afraid and you can "buy the dip".
[1] not an American, not living in US either - so don't know any details about the Kavanaugh-Issue