sideline (noun) 支線 副線
an additional or auxiliary story, often-times provided as a link or mentioned verbally in a news broadcast, so that people can continue reading the story under the current headline and remember the keywords for the sidelined story to read later
<be> pulled in <by something>
(phrasal verb) 被某物吸引
become interested in something, want to keep reading
let me get this straight
讓我先把這點搞清楚 （請你說清楚）
(a way of asking for clarification and confirmation) (usually after this, the person asking repeats what he/she thinks he/she just heard in slightly different words)
24-hour news cycle (noun)
24小時滾動新聞報導，24小時不間斷新聞
(the word 「cycle」 is an echo from when TV news aired every evening and a fat Sunday newspaper meant in-depth coverage of issues spanning several days or weeks) the current condition of journalism, since the takeover by cable news and the world-wide web: a rush to publish stories and catch readers with flashy headlines, a general tendency toward sensationalism and fear-mongering
flip through the channels (verb phrase)
切換頻道瀏覽節目
use a remote control to watch a few seconds or minutes of TV on each station, then changing over to another, without stopping to watch any one full show