Here's my read on this: McD's put in the TV's to give parents some entertainment while their kids play. They set it to a popular channel like CNN because they figure that will make the most people happy. Obviously, it angered one mom. If you want to shield your young kids from certain realties that IS your right as a parent, just don't expect the rest of the world to walk around on egg shells to accommodate you. Take your kids to Wendy's or BK....no TVs there at least not the ones I've been in. Look, you can only shield your kids from anything you want in your house but as soon as you leave the front yard there is a limit on what you can expect to shield your kids from. At some point you have to ask yourself if you are really helping your kids by reacting to things like this in such a way. I'm not saying open the flood gates, but your right to control content your kids see ends when you leave your home. Simple as that.

All that said, I agree with the others that have said they should probably just deep six the TV's altogether. People have such wildly different opinions on what is and is not "appropriate" that inevitably somebody is going to get upset. Why go there? People get pissed off about enough ridiculous things in the service world, why add another?