UN estimates of dead in Syria

From the New York Times:  "adding to the United Nations estimate of some 7,500".  This is a common myth: US media now casually attribute the estimate of dead in Syria to the UN.  The UN admitted that it does not have personnel to conduct counts and it admitted that it is not easy to do so and that estimate are unreliable but it also admitted that it relies on Syrian "opposition" sources.  Call it the Observatory.  Call it Ikhwan.