It could very well be, but pressing the keys does not move the news up or down. The cursor just sits there flashing on the username box.
For me it does not even go to the news pane. It just sits on whatever box I have selected.
Mac OS X 10.8.2
I also tried it on Windows 8 and the same thing happens.
I know it used to work, but I am not sure what changed.
I can confirm this. I was flying around in creative and arrows would shoot out, and then stop almost like they stopped on the air block. a second later the arrow would actually reach its destination.
Mac OS X 10.8.2. Java 1.6.0