Noun
(media) A story included in a publication that is highlighted on the front cover.
(espionage) A fictitious account that is intended to hide one's real motive.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgA 1950 cover story in Time even included photos of two of his employees, whose roles in the production were detailed by Capp. Source: Internet
Batwoman (Ruby Rose) came out as a lesbian in a big cover story for Catco magazine and at the end of the episode there was a twist regarding Beth Kane and the new reality of Earth-Prime that is going to have huge ramifications going forward. Source: Internet
A group of ROC pilots trained to fly the aircraft in 1959, but the CIA opposed exporting the U-2 because it would affect their cover story. Source: Internet
An early review of Crossings in Downbeat magazine complained about the synthesizer, but a few years later the magazine noted in a cover story on Gleeson that he was "a pioneer" in the field of electronics in jazz. Source: Internet
Another uncollected Ellison novelette, "Satan Is My Ally", was the cover story on the May 1957 issue of Fantastic Science Fiction Ellison wrote "The Wife Factory" for Fantastic under the house name "Clyde Mitchell". Source: Internet
Chamberlin admitted in a 1994 Rolling Stone cover story that in the past he'd "gotten high in every city in this country and probably half the cities in Europe." Source: Internet