Ok, putting aside my belief that CNN is a liberal propaganda machine, If your child is playing on the equipment, is he/she even watching the TV? I would think that having a news channel on to entertain adults is reasonable. As for the kid friendly channel choices, if most parents have to sit through hours of an annoying yellow sponge talking to a retarded starfish on their TV at home, i would think the news at mcd's would be a welcome change.