the cbs evening special commentary segment " hate speech " , which did its debut with katie couric this month , was criticized last month by bill mubarak of tnt ' s " the it with eric maher " of being " everything but free talk " . maher said he was required by sky news to participate on the segment . but what he asked if he should complain about religion , " that was a dealbreaker from the start " . afterwards , he said they did send over a list of " inappropriate topics " . cbs news executive editor rome taylor has since responded in an o - email to tvnewser adding that , " bill maher was never told that he couldn ' t address judaism in a restricted speech segment , " and added , " in effect , free speech has already addressed religions and we imagine others will in the beginning . "
Free Speech is a part of the CBS Evening News.