0 0 9 , ▁Dr ▁Fred ▁V ul te e ▁released ▁an ▁analysis ▁of ▁Fox ▁News ▁which ▁sought ▁to ▁explore ▁the ▁media ▁out let ' s ▁practices ▁through ▁the ▁pr ism ▁of ▁Edward ▁Sa id ' s ▁concept ▁of ▁Oriental ism ; ▁the ▁practices ▁" create ▁an ▁ide ological ▁clear ing house ▁for ▁a ▁uniqu ely ▁men acing ▁image ▁of ▁Islam ." ▁This ▁image ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁a ▁rational , ▁progress ive ▁West ▁at ▁constant ▁and ▁irre con cil able ▁odd s ▁with ▁an ▁ir r ational , ▁back ward ▁East . ▁In ▁his ▁study , ▁V ul te e ▁as ser ts , ▁" The ▁disc ourse ▁Fox ▁creates ▁with ▁its ▁audience ▁helps ▁to ▁set ▁a ▁foundation ▁for ▁polar ized ▁comment ary ▁and ▁to ▁legit im ize ▁support ▁for ▁a ▁limit less ▁war ▁on ▁the ▁unknown ." ▁As ▁part ▁of ▁his ▁investigation , ▁V ul te e ▁analyz ed ▁the ▁contents ▁of ▁fo x news . com ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁According ▁to ▁his ▁research : ▁A ▁visit ▁any ▁day ▁to ▁the ▁website ▁of ▁the ▁Fox ▁News ▁Channel ▁is ▁likely ▁to ▁offer ▁yet ▁another ▁piece ▁of ▁a ▁sin ister ▁puzz le : ▁the ▁lo oming ▁threat ▁of ▁Islam ▁to ▁everything ▁the ▁West ▁holds ▁dear . ▁There ▁is ▁an ▁armed ▁threat , ▁of ▁course , ▁in ▁Afghan istan ▁and ▁Ira q ▁and ▁possibly ▁as ▁near ▁as ▁the ▁sho pping ▁m all . ▁But ▁there ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁cultural ▁danger ▁that ▁men aces ▁all ▁of