https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/10/18/honest-as-the-day-is-long/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 04:01:17 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Vallen looked at Shephard Fairey&#8217;s art in 2007 and argued from specific comparisons between Fairey&#8217;s work and those of others that he had simply made a career out of ripping off other and largely left-wing artists to enrich himself. What disturbed Wallen the most was that Fairey had not simply referred to other people&#8217;s works and commented on them; simply passed them off as his own. Vallen suspects that Fairey lacked the talent to even comment or add to the works he stole. He simply disguised them like a bad spray paint job on a stolen automobile.]]>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:06:22 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2009/10/18/honest-as-the-day-is-long-n189300