The Guardian ran an essay entitled, Truth and lies blend in the name of 'balance'. It actually mentions DU, not as a focal point, but as an example of the author's exasperation with media distortion of the world, which he suspects is often achieved (not that he thinks it's any conspiracy) by using the notion of balance as an excuse to not deliver a realistic portrayal of our world.
Here are the last two paragraphs, wherein DU is mentioned:
This is because our governments like DU, so they don't want to hear about any unfortunate repercussions. And, according to many reputable sources, death, misery, pain, radiation and the consequences of any action will all go away, perhaps quite quickly, if we only ignore them hard enough.
A.L. Kennedy is the author of Paradise, Original Bliss and Everything You Need.
I think Mr. Kennedy has identified a very crucial facet here, of the ugly machine that is the modern, Western world. Citizens of the West like to see themselves as having access to a more rational world than outsiders. This is readily illustrated by the notion so many of us have that people in the Moslem world are muddled in their thinking because their religion and culture are not built on rationalism as ours is. But if our culture is so rational, why has it created the nuclear arms race, the dysfunctional UN, and now depleted uranium?
The lynchpin of our believe in our own rationalism is the media. Most of us feel, implicitly, despite our occasional protests otherwise, that the basic truth of the world is discernable by keeping in touch through the major media, which, after all, are the product of a free market and therefore basically trustworthy. They serve the people, right?
Well, I agree with Mr. Kennedy, that the falacy begins there; the media are beholden to people much more powerful than the public. Unfortunately, those people seem to not want to see DU in the news. Just consider this:
Source: http://vitaltruths.blogsource.com/ Now, that's an accusation!