Will Lip-Gate Hurt Beyonce’s Brand? Of Course Not.

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Beyonce: Star-spangled scammer? Doesn't matter.

After looking at this morning’s news headlines, one might have thought Beyoncé was the musical equivalent of Lance Armstrong. The tabloids in New York reported that she lip-synced the national anthem at Barack Obama‘s inauguration, with the Postlabeling the performance “Sham-elot” and the Daily Newsdeclaring Jay-Z‘s wife the “Star-Spangled Scammer,” both on their front page.

It seems likely that Beyoncé did indeed lip-sync the anthem. According to...