That's delusional. When you get less pay from one year to the next, that's called a "pay cut". The reason is irrelevant.
No, it's not. Apple pays its upper management team on performance criteria of the entire company, not on a salary basis. No salaries were "cut", in fact some including Tim Cook's were increased, but the percentage of incentive performance pay just did not equal the same level as the previous year. In addition, restricted stock grants were issued just last fall to incentive the FUTURE performance of Apple. The headline IS "fake news," from a source known to distort AAPL news in that it is distorting these facts of the total compensation packages.