The stories of bent phones will continue to dribble in (fake and real), a few sites will continue to desperately try keeping the issue going, but unless the numbers increase dramatically, its unlikely that the media will have any affect on apples position.
The issue is disappearing from mainstream websites and already has from the mainstream media. Samsung devotees are suddenly losing interest now that the Samsung note 4 has been shown to bend by hand almost as easily as the 6 plus despite Samsung claiming the day before that it couldn't be bent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDIu-GcX5aM
Public demand for the 6 plus is apparently beating the 6
https://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/03/iphone-6-plus-60-total-device-shipments/
instead of dying off as you would expect if public opinion was being affected. It actually looks like the 6 plus is going to continue to be such a success that it could well cause Samsung problems because of the amount people buying 6 plus's instead of Samsung phablets.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...60-Apple-s-iPhone-6-lures-customers-away.html
I guess it just depends if extended usage causes more bending, that is where we really won't know for a few months.