In Indonesia, the ‘fake news’ that fueled a Cold War massacre is still potent five decades later

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Early on the morning of Oct. 1, 1965, members of Indonesia's armed forces kidnapped and killed six high-ranking generals in Jakarta. To this day, it's not entirely clear who was involved in planning the operation or what the “30th September Movement” hoped to achieve. But the military's swift reaction and the mass […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/09/30/in-indonesia-the-fake-news-that-fueled-a-cold-war-massacre-is-still-potent-five-decades-later/