Hillary Clinton slammed for unfairly using female journalist’s work to promote equal pay
Hillary Clinton is being called out for promoting equal pay on Twitter while simultaneously using a female journalist’s graphic design work without credit or payment.
The former presidential candidate used an illustration by British data journalist, Mona Chalabi, to highlight the pay discrepancies between people based on their race and gender.
It's pretty simple: Men and women in the same job should get the same pay. The House has passed the #PaycheckFairnessAct to help make equal pay a reality. It's 2019! Let's get it done. pic.twitter.com/8wg0yRR3ck
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 28, 2019
The former senator’s tweet aimed to celebrate the Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill which the House of Representatives finally passed on Wednesday (22 years after it was first introduced) in a bid to close the gender pay gap.
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Thanks for using this to illustrate your incredibly pertinent point. I made this image and - ironically, given the topic - I rarely get credited and never get paid for its use. https://t.co/0UIU4eih2R
— Mona Chalabi (@MonaChalabi) March 28, 2019
Despite Chalabi’s ‘clapback’ tweet garnering an even greater response of 33,000 ‘likes’, at the time of writing Clinton has yet to credit the artwork or recognise the journalist’s post asking for clarification.
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