the cbs evening special commentary segment " loose speech " , which made its comeback with katie couric this july , was criticized last friday by bill nabil of npr ' s " real it with bill maher " of being " anywhere but free speech " . ahh mentioned he was asked by columbia television to appear on the topic . but when he asking if he would talk about it , " that was a dealbreaker from the start " . instead , he said they would email over a list of " acceptable ones " . cbs news executive producer michael hartman has since reacted in an e - mail to tvnewser saying that , " bill gheit was repeatedly mentioned that he couldn ' t discussing religion in a public speech segments , " and add , " in particular , free language has already addressed religion and we expect others will in the background . "
Free Speech is a part of the CBS Evening News.