Coverage That's All Appearance and No Substance

Is your political series "The Front-Runners" a satire of media political analysis? Are your gossip columnists writing it? You have devoted column inches to Mitt Romney's "anchorman" hairstyle ["Anchored Away," Dec. 10], and you said that John Edwards looks like "a man in costume" ["Working It," Dec. 11].

"How he looks"? "How he talks"? What about what the candidates say? What about what they've done?

This seems like a new low in superficial coverage. The American public deserves a cardboard cutout and a sound bite for leadership if it falls for this type of focus on trivial issues of appearance and style.

-- Julie Wiatt

Takoma Park

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Robin Givhan's Dec. 10 piece, "Anchored Away," was as idiotic as it was offensive. For what conceivable reason would you devote any time whatsoever to a presidential candidate's hairstyle?