the cbs evening news commentary segment " free speech " , which preceded its first with katie koppel this month , was accused last friday by chuck maher of cnn ' s " real time with bill maher " of being " anything but free talking " . ahh denied he was asked by cbc news to appear on the segment . but when he demanded if he would talk about religion , " that was a dealbreaker from the inception " . instead , he said they would send over a list of " interesting topics " . cbs news executive chairman franco hartman has then responded in an e - mail to tvnewser stating that , " bill maher was not told that he couldn ' t discuss church in a direct speech segment , " and added , " in fact , free words has already address christianity and we expect more will in the future . "
Free Speech is a part of the CBS Evening News.