To keep their hands clean
Maybe because the Wapo is so hard up for money they've cut back on soap and water, so to keep their hands clean they're asking others to do their dirty work. They haven't made it clear if they'll actually verify anything sent to them, but what's different in that , eh?
How convenient that Aaron's beat is called The Fix.
Aaron Blake covers national politics at the Washington Post, where he writes regularly for the Fix, the Post’s top political blog.
