the cbs evening news commentary segments " forbidden discourse " , which began its debut with katie couric this month , was accused last friday by bill mubarak of hbo ' s " real money with will maher " of being " anything but freedom speech " . maher said he was asked by cbs news to come on the segment . but then he asked if he could talk about religion , " that was a dealbreaker from the start " . instead , he said they would send over a number of " acceptable topics " . pbs news executive producers rome jacobs has since responded in an instant - newsletter to tvnewser saying that , " john arar was later told that he couldn ' t discuss religion in a direct spoken segment , " and added , " in effect , free thought has always addressed religion and we expect others will in the event . "
Free Speech is a part of the CBS Evening News.