The general significance of Ms Chopra s op eds and the specific significance of her NYTimes op ed The NYTimes recently published an op ed by Ms Chopra I updated this article to include brief coverage of that op ed Another contributor replaced that coverage with a briefer and IMO inaccurate one sentence summary I asked them to explain their rewrite and they asserted her opinion column at most needs a one line description so naming the reference has no purpose I am concerned that this assertion implies the opinion it asserts is so obvious it does not require any explanation I don t agree So how significant are op eds Ms Chopra writes in general Are op eds Ms Chopra writies for the NYTimes as significant as her other op eds or more significant This article could mainly focus on Ms Chopra as just a pretty face where her opinions are of secondary importance There is the story of the young US celebrity who after a tour of the White House stated her admiration of its decor and congratulated the Secretary of the Interior I have no problem with articles on unintelligent or inarticulate people which do not focus on their opinions But Ms Chopra is clearly an intelligent person who has volunteered to serve as an articulate spokesperson for the causes she believes in I suggest this means that the best article on her would devote more than a single sentence to op eds that are well written and published in prominent newspapers or magazines In this particular case the replacement sentence wasn t even an accurate summary as it said that Ms Chopra s op ed In December 2014 she wrote a column in The New York Times on the importance of educating the girl child While she did address the need to bring efforts to educate girls up to the same standards as boys she also advocated making the same effort to provide health care to girls as boys and she addressed the widely held disregard parents in the region feel for their daughters and their general preferential treatment of their sons If the coverage of the NYTimes op ed is going to be rewritten I call for it to be rewritten more carefully and accurately