misrepresented?

reading over the blog posts, I haven't posted on Christians in the Media, so that's what I'll be doing now.

the question on my mind is, "are Christians really being misrepresented in the media"?
we're often portrayed and "Bible-beaters" or selfish people with their own agenda or "hippy-like" and when many people think of Christians they think "hypocrites", they are no different than me. and when this happens, we get upset and scream "misrepresentation" but what are we really doing to change that? so many of us do "shove" Christianity down others' throats, or are more concerned with our own agenda, or are Sunday Christians or C&E Christians. If we're going to live like that then we can not get upset with the stereotypes or labels people and the media are putting on us. Yes, this is quite upsetting and it should make something deep inside you squirm a little. True, the media does not display and accurate picture of what a true, Christ-following Christian is; but they do paint a fairly reasonable picture of how many Christians are today in our world. And until we take action in our own lives and in the world to change that, the "misrepresentation" will continue. Just some thoughts...