the cbs evening news commentary segment " forbidden speech " , which made its debut with katie couric this night , was accused last month by charles maher of hbo ' s " real timing with bill maher " of being " everyone but forbidden speech " . maher stated he was invited by cbs news to appear on the panel . but what he asking if he would chat about religion , " that was a dealbreaker from the first " . instead , he announced they would send over a list of " unacceptable topics " . network radio executive chef rome hartman has only answered in an en - mail to tvnewser speaking that , " bill maher was always told that he couldn ' t discuss judaism in a free language manner , " and added , " in fact , free expression has indeed included religion and we expecting some will in the future . "
Free Speech is a part of the CBS Evening News.