Yeah easily. This literally happened with the British Press and a dull centrist pre-Corbyn Labour Party leader that the press tried to paint as a dangerous leftwing radical a bit before the 2015 election. Here's an example of just one of the many articles dissecting Ed Miliband eating a sandwich: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ed-miliband-fails-to-look-normal-while-eating-bacon-sandwich-ahead-of-whistlestop-campaign-tour-9409301.html