In a devastating letter addressed to Mother Jones’ headquarters in San Francisco, the main source used by the publication in 2011 to smear Dr. Walid Phares, Toni Nissi torched the radical magazine’s credibility, leaving its ashes smoldering on the ground. Nissi, a Lebanese human rights activist who was contacted by Mother Jones’ Adam Serwer, now working at BuzzFeed, claims the journalist and his publication were unethical and “sought only to smear a man who dedicated his life to defend freedom and justice.”

Memo to Mother Jones