The September 2, 2004 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♍. It was the 245 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 21 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 290 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, in 74 days. You have lived for 7,960 days, or about 191,044 hours, or about 11,462,680 minutes, or about 687,760,800 seconds.
Date: 03 September 2004
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley column assesses Fox News coverage of Republican National Convention; Fox's ratings soar during convention; photo (M)
Date: 02 September 2004
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Fox News cable channel is bigger draw for viewers of Republican National Convention than three networks; it is first time Fox beats all other news outlets for coverage of major news event; CNN falls to last place; Fox executives deny that coverage has Republican slant and reject that as reason for high ratings; graph (M)
Date: 03 September 2004
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Network television executives blame Republicans and Democrats for broadcast networks' dwindling convention viewership, but others suggest they are trying to rationalize their decline in numbers and relevancy; CBS anchor Dan Rather says heavily scripted conventions reduce networks' interest and leave him and others to act less like journalists than producers who show up at prepackaged event and turn on cameras; biggest ratings are garnered by Fox News; photo (M)
Date: 02 September 2004
Schedule of days's speakers and events at Republican National Convention; includes television and Internet listings (M)
Date: 02 September 2004
By Michael Slackman and Diane Cardwell
Michael Slackman
Angry demonstrators have barely interrupted Republican National Convention, and because there has been little violence they have drawn relatively little national news coverage; nearly 1,800 protesters are arrested on streets, two-thirds of them on second night of convention; New York Police Dept, using large orange nets to divide and conquer, have adopted pre-emptive strike policy, cutting off demonstrations before they grow large enough, loud enough, or unruly enough to affect convention; demonstrations have so far been more restrained than at many recent protests elsewhere; protesters do manage to breach security cordon at Madison Square Garden twice on Sept 1; early in day, 12 demonstrators from Act Up enter convention site and interrupt speech by White House chief of staff Andrew Card; they are quickly arrested; during Vice Pres Cheney's speech, woman rushes convention floor; she is quickly tackled and dragged out (M)
Date: 02 September 2004
By Lee Jenkins
Lee Jenkins
New York Mets outfielder Cliff Floyd has become one of team's most open and honest players in interaction with media; is often only player willing to address hard questions after tough losses (M)
Date: 02 September 2004
Illinois Republican Senate candidate Alan Keyes tells radio reporter at Republican National Convention that gays and lesbians are 'selfish hedonists,' including Mary Cheney, Vice Pres Dick Cheney's daughter who has come out as lesbian (S)
Date: 02 September 2004
By Edward Wyatt
Edward Wyatt
Conservative authors and commentators, attending forum in Manhattan sponsored by American Compass, direct-mail book club specializing in conservative viewpoints, deplore lack of attention being paid to their point of view; authors, alleging liberal conspiracy, say they have been forced to turn to little-known alternative publishers; chart; photos (M)
Date: 02 September 2004
By Douglas Martin
Douglas Martin
Carl E Morris, former newspaper reporter and editor who then held several influential posts as advocate for hiring black journalists, dies at age 73 (S)
Date: 02 September 2004
By Alex Berenson
Alex Berenson
Kidnappers release seven foreign truckers held for 43 days in Iraq after head of Kuwaiti transport company says he paid $500,000 ransom; Iraqi and American officials have opposed ransom payments, out of concern they would stimulate further kidnappings; but Iraqis and foreigners have tacitly acknowledged making payments of several hundred thousand dollars to release hostages; released hostages include three Indians, three Kenyans and an Egyptian; their release comes day after another group posted video showing killing of 12 Nepalese hostages; two French journalists taken hostage last month remain in captivity; photo (M)