Syria: Battle fought, Lives lost, Lies told

We look back at a year of coverage of a war that has claimed the truth as one of its casualties. Listening Post Last Modified: 29 Dec 2012 08:37 For the past 12 months we have tracked the coverage of the fighting – the casualty figures are all over the place: Estimates of those killed since the unrest began now range between 30,000 and 52,000 people and since the beginning of 2012, more than 30 media workers have lost their lives there. With journalists thin on the ground, that information vacuum continues to be filled by citizen journalists and that means we have got used to that one key line delivered by the news anchor: "The authenticity of these images cannot be verified."