So much so, the new president called back to The New York Times after he was interviewed on Air Force One.
From Joe Curl, here:
President Obama was so concerned that he had appeared to dismiss a question from New York Times reporters about whether he was a socialist that he called the newspaper from the Oval Office to clarify his policies.
"It was hard for me to believe that you were entirely serious about that socialist question," he told reporters, who had interviewed the president aboard Air Force One on Friday.
Presidents don't call newspapers. Newspapers call the president.
