Cover Story

Cover story may refer to:

  • a story in a magazine whose subject matter appears on its front cover
  • a fictitious account that is intended to hide one's real motive, e.g. when a terrorist pretends to be farmer to buy fertilizer or to provide an explanation in case it is found; the story in the case of a cover-up

Famous quotes containing the words cover and/or story:

    “Many count on their disadvantages to cover for them.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “Yonder a maid and her wight
    Come whispering by:
    War’s annals will cloud into night
    Ere their story die.”
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)