A smoke screen, facade, or pretense to cover up the real situation. To make things look better than they are.
Seems to happen a lot lately.
A Note for Writer’s Workshop hosted by John Holton. The prompt is ‘dressing’. Fetured image is by Tumra Needi on Flickr.com

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oh, it does –
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Depending on one’s perspective, I certainly agree.
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