Image Credit: Twitter screenshot 
The Los Angeles Times is being accused of running a deceptive photo alongside a headline concerning a recent attack on Republican California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder.
In a Thursday article titled, “LAPD is investigating altercation involving Larry Elder at Venice homeless encampment,” [archived] editors used an LA Times photo in which it looked like Elder is slapping a woman.
“Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder meets supporters during a tour in Venice on Wednesday,” the image is captioned.
That caption, however, doesn’t appear on Twitter, where the photo paired with the headline made it appear as though LAPD was investigating Elder for slapping a woman – which never happened.
The perceived media dishonesty was immediately caught by many online, including the woman in the photo, Soledad Ursua.
Are you kidding me? You use this picture to make it look like @larryelder is slapping me? He was attacked by a white female wearing a Gorilla Mask. Are you covering for racists? Disgusting@GloriaJRomero @ShellenbergerMD @DavidSacks @JennyChachan @streetpeopleLA @EmilyTVproducer
— Soledad Ursua (@SoledadUrsua) September 9, 2021
That picture makes it look like you were confronting @larryelder and he was responding physically. Utterly misleading! Are there any depths to which today’s media will not sink to manipulate public opinion?
— Wasted Thoughts (@wasted_comments) September 10, 2021
Ursua explained the photo was taken just before she was about to hug Elder.
We hugged as soon as he got off the bus. Why couldn’t the picture be of that? This strange angle makes it look like his hands are on my face
— Soledad Ursua (@SoledadUrsua) September 10, 2021
About 20 hours later and after much outcry, the LA Times swapped its photo out, albeit sans an editor’s note, clarification, or any other explanation for the swap.
UPDATE: The LA Times finally swapped the photo in its tweet after roughly 20 hours. pic.twitter.com/2chOHJFEOR
— Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) September 10, 2021
The photo used now shows the moments after the incident in which Elder was attacked.
Evidently the same photo was used as a main image in a different article, which attempted to downplay the attack many are referring to as a hate crime by saying Elder was merely met with a “hostile reception.”
Look at these two tweets from the LA Times. The 1st downplays the racist attack against Larry Elder by describing it as a “hostile reception.” The 2nd makes it seem like the LAPD is investigating Elder by using a photo as if he’s slapping a woman. This wasn’t an accident. At all. pic.twitter.com/QLyxt3w9AM
— Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) September 10, 2021
The attack from violent leftists on Elder came Wednesday as he toured a homeless encampment in Los Angeles.
A woman wearing a pink-haired gorilla mask threw an egg at him and other protesters hit a member of his group in the face multiple times.
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