Article snippet: Posted at 7:30 pm on June 21, 2017 by Brad Slager The internet was flush with the news, and it was the kind of rush to judgement that just had to be wildly incorrect. That news outlets would even repeat — to say nothing of not investigating the content of — the raving from a Teen Vogue columnist speaks plenty about our contemporary journalism environment. When Lauren Duca sent out her tweet on the subject it touched off a retweet domino effect:Gal Gadot made $300,000 for Wonder Woman as compared to Henry Cavill’s $14M for Man of Steel. The most compelling DC villain is the pay gap. This tweet (since deleted by Duca) manages to have so much going for it; injustice, scorn, snark, and is perfectly emblematic of the crisis issue of feminism. In other words, it was too perfect. It was only after numerous journalistic outlets regurgitated Duca’s record of salary insurrection that people began to dissect this very convenient outrage post. There is a reason she pulled it down. It turns out Henry Cavill was paid practically the same amount as Gal Gadot for his role as Superman. This seems an industry standard, of sorts. Chris Evans earned close to the same for “Captain America”, while Chris Hemsworth pulled in $150,000 for “Thor”, and many of the players in “The Avengers earned about $200,000 in their ensemble film. And what makes this outrage all the more hilarious: the established Hollywood actress Amy Adams, for her appearance in “Man Of Steel”, ea... Link to the full article to read more