This wouldn't be much of a story unless they felt like they could paint him in a certain light.

The "newspaper" appeared to endorse Bailey, and painted him in a positive light.

Is Shakespeare painting him in a favorable light to emphasize the horror of the assassination?

Not really clever of the opposition if they are responsible for this, doesn't paint them in a good light as commented above.

The book and movie painted him in a more sympathetic light than the earlier works.

Responses of this type against peaceful, non-violent protests serve to paint the authorities in a very poor light.

Julie continued to be painted in a very bad light.

"They don't want him to be painted in a light that affects his reputation, whatever his mental health issues are."

Records were lost and material made up to paint the events in a light more acceptable to those making the decisions at the time.

This upset many of us and painted us in a bad light to students, parents and schools.