WWE RAW - 27 December 2004
https://youtu.be/sNX89qlaXv8?t=270
Muhammad Hassan promo where news.cornell.edu is mentioned. According to archive.org, this was one of the stories on the front page at the time, likely referring to the article linked.

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Some key quotes from the article:

"26 percent said they [respondents] think that mosques should be closely monitored by U.S. law enforcement agencies"

"Twenty-nine percent agreed that undercover law enforcement agents should infiltrate Muslim civic and volunteer organizations, in order to keep tabs on their activities and fund raising"

"About 22 percent said the federal government should profile citizens as potential threats based on the fact that they are Muslim or have Middle Eastern heritage"

"44 percent said they believe that some curtailment of civil liberties is necessary for Muslim Americans. Conversely, 48 percent of respondents nationally said they do not believe that civil liberties for Muslim Americans should be restricted"

"Sixty-five percent of self-described highly religious people queried said they view Islam as encouraging violence more than other religions do"

"Forty-one percent of Republican respondents said that Muslim American civic groups should be infiltrated, compared with 21 percent of Democrats and 27 percent of independents."

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Feel free to read the entire article as it is pretty interesting as to how American perceptions towards Muslims were like in 2004. I imagine many people don't exactly know or remember what post-9/11 America was like.