These sort of things always amaze me, with everyone running around reacting to and fueling rumours, only to find that it's all a load of old bollocks.
By all means ask questions and demand answers, but don't create problems were there aren't any by adding to rumour's with our own prejudices (normally that the club and FT are always at fault).
As for the FT, for those that slagged them off for not nowing that nothing is happening is maybe an apology is in order.
In future maybe the FT could simply communicate that a story is news to them and they will go away and find out what is happening and report back at a later stage, ensuring that everyone is aware that this may take a while.