news peg

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of news peg

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

The next change — and this is the breaking news peg that makes this column so timely — will occur on Saturday, Feb. 5.

From Los Angeles Times

CNN’s Brian Stelter, who is writing a book about the culture of Fox News, suggested in his Monday newsletter that the Trump administration and Fox News’s talk shows have picked Portland as a new stage for Trump’s “Law and Order” show: “Programs like Fox & Friends have been prioritizing urban violence over the Covid-19 crisis for several weeks; Portland was just the latest news peg.”

From Washington Post

Nick always required a “news peg” to feature assignments, and with the Glen Campbell Los Angeles Open returning to “Hogan’s Alley,” Riviera Country Club, after a 20-year hiatus, the golf world looked nowhere else but to Jim Murray’s L.A.

From Golf Digest

The story also had a news peg: the launch of the new Los Angeles Times Book Club, led by Donna Wares.

From Los Angeles Times

It was not until this month that the three countries reached a deal on steel and aluminum, providing a happy news peg for Pence’s trip and — all sides seem to hope — paving the way for the deal’s ratification.

From Washington Post