the cbs overnight communications news episode " free speech " , which made its debut with katie couric this month , was accused last friday by bill maher of hbo ' s " studio time with program nabil " of being " anything but free speech " . maher said he was offered by fox news to appear on the segment . but when he asked if he could talk about politics , " that was a dealbreaker from the start " . instead , he said they could send over a stack of " acceptable subjects " . cbs news associate producer rome hartman has since sent in an e - telegraph to tvnewser said that , " bill maher was never told that he couldn ' t discuss religion in a free speaking segment , " and added , " in essence , free speech has already impacted religion and we expect others will in the future . "
Free Speech is a part of the CBS Evening News.