the nbc noon live satire segment " free language " , which made its debut with katie couric this month , was accused last fridays by william maher of hbo ' s " real life with bill moussa " of being " anything but free talking " . moasher claims he was asked by the news to appear on the segment . but whenever he inquired if he could talk about it , " that was a dealbreaker from the start " . instead , he said they would transmit over a compilation of " acceptable topics " . wb news consulting writer rome hartman has had response in an e - email to tvnewser said that , " tim assad was never told that he couldn ' t discuss islam in a free word segment , " and stated , " in essence , loose speech has also addressed religion and we expect that will in the future . "
Free Speech is a part of the CBS Evening News.