Sounds very likely, like when a certain UK Labour government Minister sent Tony Blair a message on 9/11 stating it would be a good day to air bad news. Boeing and the FAA alike have a vested interest in airing this report while everyone is looking the other way. It's not cynicism to believe that, merely a lack of naivety.
While the tone of the report is clearly trying to down play the content, it's pretty damning. It's an aircraft designed by an uncontrolled and uncoordinated committee rather than a disciplined team of engineers. Imagine if MH370 had been a 787 - it'd be the end of the aircraft and would cause untold damage to Boeing as a whole. The MBAs who insisted on this disastrous manner of managing a new aircraft project need to be expelled from the aviation industry permanently - their mindset is totally incompatible with responsibility, safety or long term economics.