divert public attention

基本解释

This story is a red herring to divert public attention from this issue。
这故事不过是用来转移公众的注意力的。
edu.sina.com.cn
She dished up the anti-pollution business to divert the attention of the public.
她把防止污染的事情说得十分重要，以便转移公众的注意。
dict.cn
When it looks like a ploy to divert the public’s attention, too much talk can be corrosive, harming civil society and eroding trust in public institutions—exactly when it is most needed.
但它被发觉只是一种用来转移公众注意力的把戏时，说得太多只会坏事儿，在伤害公民社会的同时又破坏了公共机构的公信力----而这正是他们此时最迫切需要的。

Nationalist fervour may be helping to divert public attention away from the party's mishandling of Tibet—a remote problem in the minds of many Chinese.
ECONOMIST: China
Even more important than its usefulness as a tool to divert the public's attention away from the failure of his Iran policy, Obama's assault against Israel may well be aimed at maintaining that failed policy.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Why Obama is waging war on Israel