the cbs evening news commentator special " free speech " , which made its debut with katie couric this week , was criticized last friday by bill maher of hbo ' s " real people with bill ahmed " of being " anything but about speech " . taher said he was asked by cbs news to appearance on the segment . but when he asking if he must talk about christianity , " that was a dealbreaker from the start " . instead , he said they would send over a list of " acceptable topics " . cbc news executive producer rome hartman has since responded in an open - mail to tvnewser saying that , " michael moussa was once told that he couldn ' t confront religion in a free speech piece , " and added , " in fact , free speech has already addressed religion and we expect others will in the future . "
Free Speech is a part of the CBS Evening News.