the cnn evening broadcast commentary segment " free speech " , whom made its debut with katie couric this month , was called last friday by bill gheit of hbo ' s " fake time with rod maher " of being " this but free language " . mubarak says he was asked by cbs sports to speak on the segment . but later he said if he could talk about religion , " that was a dealbreaker from the start " . therefore , he said they would send over a collection of " acceptable ones " . cbs events executive producer troy hartman has since responded in an e - mail to tvnewser saying that , " bill maher was once said that he couldn ' t discuss religion in a free words forum , " and added , " in fact , open speech has already addressed religion and we expect one will in the background . "
Free Speech is a part of the CBS Evening News.