Michael Qureshi Explained

Michael Qureshi
Birth Date:4 May 1979
Birth Place:Køge, Denmark
Education:Journalist
Years Active:1999-

Michael Qureshi (born 4 May 1976 in Køge) is a Danish journalist.

In December 2015 he was dismissed and expelled from the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, when it was revealed that Qureshi had used fake sources for several years.[1] Subsequently, well over 500 articles from various media in Denmark withdrawn when the credibility of these could not be corroborated.[2]

It was Michael Qureshi as in the summer of 2015 wrote the first biography of the Norwegian football player Martin Ødegaard. It was published by the Norwegian publisher Publicom.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Ekstra Bladet bortviser sportsjournalist . . 4 December 2015 . 10 December 2015 . da.
  2. News: Hans-Henrik Hybholt . Hare . Medie trækker over 500 Qureshi-artikler tilbage . Ekstra Bladet. 10 December 2015 . 10 December 2015 . da.
  3. News: Morten . Stokstad . Jostein . Overvik . Ødegaard synes boken om seg selv er merkelig . . 3 June 2015 . 10 December 2015 . no.