<fastdatagroup:FastList
        id="fastList"
        top="77"
        width="100%"
        bottom="62"
        itemRenderer="{ArticleRenderer}"
        dataProvider="{model.articles}" />

————— SNIP —————

<fastdatagroup:FastItemRenderer
 ...
 height="100%">

  <s:VGroup
    paddingLeft="15"
    paddingRight="15"
    paddingTop="30"
    height="100%">

    <!-- <view:BitmapLabel -->
    <s:Label
        text="{data.title}"
        fontFamily="Frutiger"
        fontSize="26"
        color="0x3b4959"
        cffHinting="horizontalStem"
        kerning="on"
        trackingLeft="-1"
        trackingRight="-1"
        paddingLeft="-1"
        />

    <view:CoverImage
        source="{data.coverImage}"
        maintainAspectRatio="true"
        scaleContent="true"
        top="16"
        bottom="0"
        />

  </s:VGroup>

————— SNIP —————

CoverImage never gets a height set, so I can't scale the images to fit!