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How Beyonce Manipulates the Media: From Elevatorgate to ‘Lemonade’

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With Lemonade, as the Internet goes all Serial over the identification of ‘Becky,’ Beyoncé has proven once again how she can bend both the media and the public to her will. 

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Beyoncé is many things: an unofficial Red Lobster spokeswoman, an incomparable pop star, a feminist, a keen critic and observer of race relations in America, and—most likely—your current iPhone background.

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