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After seeing a copy of 'The Stranger' a book about his presidency, written by Meet The Press moderator Chuck Todd, President Barack Obama jokes about his image on the cover. N.Y. Post botches Chuck Todd report

The New York Post wrongly reported that President Obama referred to NBC's Chuck Todd as "sad" during a visit to a Washington bookstore over the weekend.

Per the Post's version of events, Obama's daughter Malia saw a copy of Todd's new book, "The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House," and said it was "sad" that Todd had already written a book about her father's tenure. Obama joked, "He’s just sad."

In fact, Obama had been referring to himself when he said "sad." Here's the video, and here's Saturday's pool report by Joy Lin of Fox News:

Potus had a basket of books that he bought with a credit card. ‎There was a display marketing "The Stranger" Chuck Todd‎ behind the counter. Malia remarked that her father looked sad in the picture on the cover.

UPDATE (Dec. 2, 4:20 p.m.): The Post has now corrected the item.