news peg

noun
1.
a news story that forms the basis of or justification for a feature story, editorial, political cartoon, or the like.
2.
the reference in a feature story, editorial, or the like, to the newsworthy event that underlies or justifies it.
Also called peg.
Origin
1955-60
Examples from the web for news peg
  • The debt ceiling has been a difficult and possibly dangerous news peg for deficit discussions.
  • Give it a news peg-that is, make something happen that reporters can cover.
Contemporary definitions for news peg
noun

an event that is considered worthy of being reported in the news; a reference in a news story to such an event; also called peg

noun

a news story that forms the basis for a feature story, editorial, cartoon, interview, etc.