The Post-Embarrassment Media Campaign of Andrew Yang

New York Times: “As a mayoral candidate, he is also testing the theory that in today’s politics, there is no such thing as bad publicity… More than once, people have compared him with Michael Scott of ‘The Office,’ the clueless enthusiast and tourist who praised his favorite authentic New York pizza slice, from Sbarro.”

“But here’s the thing: Michael Scott somehow managed to get and keep that managerial job at Dunder Mifflin. And people happily watched his character for years. Would you want him to be mayor of Scranton, much less the largest city in America? Maybe not. But beyond the vicarious laughs over his embarrassments, viewers responded to his indomitable, unshameable optimism.”