THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY: Now Chris Matthews has a blog. I wonder if this, together with Alterman’s effort, represents MSNBC trying to get ahead of the curve with celebrity-journalist blogs. The question is, will they be able to keep ’em interesting? And will we see a parade of bigfoot journalists with ghostwritten blogs put together by staffers? I believe that Chris Matthews can copy a URL. But somehow, I doubt that Dan “Necklace” Rather will be writing his own stuff if he gets a blog.

Meanwhile Andrew Sullivan is having the expected good fun fact-checking (and spell-checking) Alterman’s blog.

Via Ken Layne.