This is the reply I received from McDonalds in response to my raising the concerns over FOX on restaurant TV sets. ( see article here - Also this reply is posted on Fox News Boycott )

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Hello Paul:

Thank you for taking the time to contact McDonald's. We truly appreciate customer feedback and welcome this opportunity to share some information with you.

As you may not know, approximately 85 percent of McDonald's restaurants are owned and operated by independent business people. As independent owners, McDonald's franchise owners have the authority to make certain operating decisions as they relate to their McDonald's restaurant operations. As such, the decision regarding content shown on televisions in restaurants, is a local restaurant decision and is not mandated by McDonald's.

Again, thank you for contacting McDonald's. We hope to have the opportunity to serve you again soon under the Golden Arches.

Malcolm
McDonald's Customer Response Center

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This was my return response:

Can you please fax or email me a copy of your standard franchise agreement all independent franchises are required to sign? As a business person myself, I would find it hard to believe the McDonalds home office would permit activities in such franchises if they could cast a bad light on the McDonalds name. Could they, for instance, fly a confederate flag in place of the US Flag?  Could they host Ku Klux Clan meetings at one of there restaurants? Freedom of speech is fine in the public sector but not so much when it effects corporate image.