kate asked luke...

1. if / whether the news was real.
2. what the news source was.
3. if / whether he had found out who had written that story and if / whether the publishing site had been a professional, well-known news agency or it had been someone's personal blog.
4. if / whether he had noticed any spelling mistakes, lots of capital letters, or dramatic punctuation.
5. who had been quoted in the news and if / whether he had checked if the information had been available on other sites.
6. if / whether he had visited a fact-checking website