• by Joe Mandese  @mp_joemandese, April 27, 2010

When MediaPost senior writer David Goetzl asked Chris Matthews to, "Tell me something I don't know," Matthews responded, "You're smarter than I thought you were."

Normally, that kind of back-handed complement would be an insult. Coming from Matthews, it was an accolade.

And for the record, Matthews is right about Goetzl, which is probably one of the reasons he agreed to be interviewed by him at MEDIA magazine's Outfront 2010 conference today.