Why Is Justin Bieber ‘Standing on Business,’ and Why Won’t Anyone ‘Clock’ That?

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I’m forced to admit something shameful here, which is that when I see videos of Justin Bieber confronting paparazzi, I scroll past them with the sound off. Bieber’s ongoing war against the paparazzi, and seemingly also himself and those around him, has reached a point of thudding tediousness. He is clearly unhappy, and whatever he’s attempting to do to rectify that isn’t working. On Father’s Day, in between photos of his baby son’s chubby hand and a photo of himself smiling...