the abc daily news commentators segment " hate speech " , which created its debuted with conor couric this month , was accused since night by bill maher of hbo ' s " real time with bill moasher " of being " anything but free speech " . maher said he was asked by cbs news to appear on the subject . but when he demanded if he needed talk about religion , " that was a dealbreaker from the start " . furthermore , he mentioned they would hand over a list of " acceptable topics " . cbs news executive officer rome butler has since responded in an e - mail to tvnewser saying that , " general maher was not mentioned that he couldn ' t discuss religion in a safe talk segment , " and that , " in fact , free language has certainly raised christianity and we expect others will in the future . "
Free Speech is a part of the CBS Evening News.