Journalistic purists of all ideological stripes generally look down their nose at the use of music to make TV news stories more fluffy, but the network morning shows often can’t help themselves, especially when the shows go late into breakfast time and Oprah-fy more each minute. But music isn’t just a sign of introducing emotion or lightness into a story. It can be a sign of slanting a story with a soundtrack. On NBC Monday, the feminists argued for “Choice Moms” (single moms by choice, usually by sperm donor) while playfully accompanied by an undercurrent of pop turnes, everything from new Natasha Bedingfield to old 1980s Eurythmics (the feminist anthem “Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves.”) When they allowed a point for fatherhood, all the music dropped out.

I suppose this is a plus. NBC could have dropped in the old Darth Vader music (“Imperial March,” to be precise) from Star Wars for the conservative ten seconds.