Sentences with phrase «divert peoples attention»

You can try to divert peoples attention from the truth, before they have the chances to see it themselves - but it's only a delaying tactic.

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To mask the delay, Nguyen's team devised a trick to divert people's attention from frozen screens that needed time to load.

As people continue to consume more content online, and as their attention begins to be diverted by highly targeted micro-celebrities relevant to their unique niche, mainstream celebrities will find themselves being forced to compete for attention wherever it is that their potential audience is spending their time.

So, it was easy for the church to divert people's attention to Jesus» birth.

It's that old kindergarten turnaround tactic, used heavily by people who are trying to divert attention away from their basic inability to debate properly or honestly.

That will get lots of interest and divert most people's attention from the real issues.

The same is true of many media reform efforts: by attempting to get people excited about liberal bias in the news, or nudity or profanity in a particular program, or the ideological bent of a certain series, or whether a network is «Christian,» concerned leaders have diverted the attention of viewers from the most important problem, the basic point, namely, that the whole process - of - television is providing us with a worldview which not only determines what we think, but also how we think and who we are.

``... It was clear to me that Mark's attendance had the potential to divert attention from the real purpose of Hillsong Conference, which is to see people leave encouraged in their own spiritual journey.»

When Karl Marx spoke scornfully of religion as the opiate of the people, no doubt he had in mind the practices of prayer, almsgiving, and fasting; these, he said, diverted attention from matters of social justice and gave people a good conscience when their conscience ought to be troubled.

I guess the word «breast» diverted attention from the most remarkable thing the pope said: «I wish to say the same to humanity: Give people something to eat!

It is very sad that, as a nation, we seem to have either diverted or turned our attention away from these sweet people in their time of greatest need.

First, religious programs and broadcast groups are diverting people's attention, loyalty, and financial support away from the local church toward the television organization.

It will divert the attention of people in different direction.

Not only are these monikers condescending to the opinions and stories of mothers, they pit us against each other, which diverts our attention from making the world a healthier place for our children (and thereby putting people before profits).

«David Cameron is stoking up fears over immigration to divert attention away from people's real fears about the economy and public services to give his government some cover ahead of the council elections.

«It is pertinent to state that it is the same group of people that are wreaking havoc on the critical national assets that are blackmailing the Armed Forces and other security agencies to divert attention.

«True to his fears, these APC chieftains that joined the party immediately after the presidential election of 2015 were the first people to accuse him of bombing the pipelines to divert public attention from themselves.

It is a US invention that so - called «left» support feminism and gay rights so to divert attention from economic issues and make the «left» inappropriate for normal people.

She said the suggestion she was stepping down due to concern over mismanagement was a «red herring» - put out to divert attention from the government's record on protecting young people.

«And true to his fears, these set of APC chieftains that joined the party immediately after the presidential election of 2015, were the first people to accuse him of bombing the pipelines to divert public attention.

It also diverts police attention and resources from the serious crime which causes real harm, all in the name of persecuting people who want to use or grow cannabis in the privacy of their own home.

Fayose described the claim as «bare - faced attempt by the federal government to divert the attention of Nigerians and the international community from its involvement in the violence unleashed on the people of Rivers State during the December 10 rerun elections.»

Writing in the New York Review of Books, Hansen noted that a «call for people to reduce their CO2 emissions, while appropriate, oversimplifies and diverts attention from the essential requirement: government leadership.

But, he told ClimateWire, «it's focusing people on things that can't be done» and diverts attention from helping communities adapt to the consequences of the warming that will certainly occur.

The only makeup I applied were on my brows and lips as I hoped that my bright lip colour can help to divert people's attention from my face.

Badoo was initially built for connecting people, but the main attention was somehow diverted to dating.

Even that feels like a slapped - on segment to pad the areas around the unstable people at this story's center who were trying to divert attention elsewhere.

There have also been feedback from people outside of Japan for a map display and so on, but Kojima has some concerns about players diverting their attention between two screens, so he's still looking into it.

The words get highlighted as the audio plays, giving people a chance to have their attention diverted, while still being immersed in the story.

Whining During Greetings If your dog whines when greeting people, you can divert her attention to her favorite toys.

When your pet begs for food, divert their attention to something else they enjoy, like taking a walk, playing with a ball or toy, or simply enjoying some good old - fashioned TLC from their favorite person — you!

I mean, we pour everything into these things, we dedicate our lives to these objects, and it seems sad that our best efforts can divert people's attention for barely a few seconds.

The document also boldly states «That adaptation as needed is massively more cost - effective than any attempted mitigation and that a focus on such mitigation will divert the attention and resources of governments away from addressing the real problems of their peoples.»

But it does add a sort of smokescreen to divert people's attention from what the real issues are.

You can argue that the president's people have successfully diverted attention from their other environmental sins by keeping this argument alive long past the moment at which it should have been settled and a decision should have been made.

Despite a statewide ban on the use of hand - held devices while driving, countless people are injured every day on California roads by people who are making phone calls, sending or reading text messages, or allowing their attention to be diverted by some other distraction.