I think anyone who has paid any close attention to the U.S. media knows exactly what I'm talking about. I myself am not particularly religious, and am infuriated when the Christian equivalent of the Taliban raises its ugly head in cases like this, but I do not like seeing how religion, in particular Christianity, is treated in press coverage, and especially in a vast majority of fictional TV and movies.

Okay, maybe I'm paranoid, but try this little experiment:

Run the term "devout Christian" through your head, and see what kind of picture pops first into your brain.

This is particularly galling in light of how far everyone bends over backwards to make sure that depictions of other groups, minorities for example, are not stereotypical.