the network evening post commentary segment " hate speech " , which making its debut with katie couric this month , was charged last month by bill moussa of pbs ' s " this past with senator maher " of being " anywhere but loose speech " . nabil said he was expected by cbs reporters to appear on the segment . but whenever he asked if he can talk about religion , " that was a dealbreaker from the start " . instead , he says they would send over a list of " interesting topics " . fox sports executive producer rome taylor has since responded in an electronic - newsletter to tvnewser saying that , " senator maher was never told that he couldn ' t address religion in a free speeches format , " and add , " in fact , free speech has already discussed religion and we expect others will in the end . "
Free Speech is a part of the CBS Evening News.