Blogger who is a supporter of Duterte administration slams Maria Ressa on her tweet about ignorance of voters
Pro-Duterte blogger Mj Reyes slams Rappler CEO and President Maria Ressa about her quotation of John F. Kennedy.
The veteran journalist of the social news website tweeted an excerpt from a speech of the late US President.
“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all,” Ressa wrote on her tweet from the Kennedy’s speech.
Good morning from Manila! Knowledge is our responsibility. “The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.” John F. Kennedy
— Maria Ressa (@mariaressa) January 22, 2018
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On the other hand, this did not go well to the pro-Duterte blogger who also slammed Rappler’s supporter Senator Risa Hontiveros, previously.
In a previous report, Reyes gave unsolicited lecture to the Senator regarding what is written in the Constitution as SEC’s basis of its decision to revoke the news website’s registration.
And just recently, the blogger slammed the head of Rappler which is in the midst of a controversy because of its foreign investor, Omidyar Network.
Based on a report of Philnews, Maria Ressa’s recent tweet received an intense fire back from Mj Reyes.
I may have to agree IF you are referring to 2010 election when a non-performing legislator, after his mom’s death, was elected as president and in 2016 when a widow was elected (?) as VP. Enough of ignorance & #necropolitics. Enough of yellow journalism, too.
— Mj Reyes (@maanreyes) January 23, 2018
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsThe blogger cited her thought of what really happened in the past elections.
Reyes said that she will agree to what Rappler’s CEO said about the ignorance of the voters if she is referring to what happened during the 2010 elections.
Due to what the reply of the pro-Duterte blogger, several netizens also expressed how they disagree with what Maria Ressa said.
Here are some of the comments of the netizens who lauded Mj Reyes for slamming the Rappler’s CEO.
