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:

    Now folks, I hereby declare the first church of Tombstone, which ain’t got no name yet or no preacher either, officially dedicated. Now I don’t pretend to be no preacher, but I’ve read the Good Book from cover to cover and back again, and I nary found one word agin dancin’. So we’ll commence by havin’ a dad blasted good dance.
    Samuel G. Engel (1904–1984)

    Saving one human life is better than building a seven story pagoda to the Buddha.
    Chinese proverb.