Rashida Tlaib was unfairly smeared by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash | Arwa Mahdawi

Unfortunately, what's happening to Tlaib is far from unique. Advocating for basic Palestinian human rights has always been billed as controversial'

Here's a handy tip: before you comment on an article, read the whole damn thing. Don't just read the headline, don't just read a paragraph someone screenshot and put on social media - read the whole thing. This one weird trick is very helpful when it comes to ensuring you're not taking something dangerously out of context or just making up facts entirely.

This advice isn't addressed to you, dear reader. I'm sure that you don't need to be told something so basic. Rather it is addressed to everyone - including some very prominent cable news anchors - who has spent the last few days spreading inflammatory misinformation about the Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. It's addressed to everyone who has falsely and dangerously claimed that Tlaib said that the Michigan attorney general, Dana Nessel, only filed charges against pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Michigan because she is Jewish. Which, if this is what Tlaib actually said, would obviously be an outrageous statement.