Ellie Borst

Ellie Borst

Staff writer

Ellie Borst was born and raised in Phoenix and joined PolitiFact in June 2022. She graduated in May from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s in journalism and a master’s in legal studies, where she focused on environmental law.

eborst@poynter.org

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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 10, 2022 in an Instagram post:
"If every person on earth just recycled, stopped using plastic straws, and drove an electric car, 100 corporations would still produce 70% of total global emissions."
False
By Ellie Borst • July 22, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2017 in a video interview:
"ADHD does not exist."
False
By Ellie Borst • July 13, 2022
Jim Lamon
Jim Lamon
stated on June 2, 2022 in a statement posted on Twitter:
Blake Masters “unironically quoted a Nazi, called World War II an unjust war, called the Unabomber one of his intellectual influencers, and shared an article attacking Israel as the North Korea of the Middle East.”
Half-True
By Ellie Borst • June 16, 2022
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