To be fair to them, the company themselves do describe Rome and Antalya as 'two new
winter routes' (my italics - I don't think either of these have been served in winter from NCL before? I could be wrong). You're right though: a lot of local news outlets seem to see themselves as cheerleaders for the North East rather than serious news organisations and end up doing the
PR industry's work for them. The line between current affairs and
PR is getting very blurred, as is the line between positive spin and outright lies, but this is maybe a subject for JetBlast!