Arthur Kent
Born	December 27, 1953 (1953-12-27) (age 53) Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Occupation	TV news journalist, politician

Arthur Kent (born December 27, 1953, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian television journalist. He rose to international prominence during the 1991 Persian Gulf War during which he acquired the nickname "The Scud Stud". He is the brother of journalist Peter Kent. December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... Nickname: Location of Medicine Hat in Alberta Coordinates: , Country Province Region Southern Alberta Census division 1 Settled 1883 Incorporated October 31, 1898 (town) Incorporated May 9, 1906 (city) Government  - Mayor Normand Boucher  - Governing body Medicine Hat City Council  - MP Monte Solberg –(Cons - Medicine Hat)  - MLAs Rob Renner –(PC - Medicine Hat... (Redirected from 1991 Persian Gulf War) See also: 2003 invasion of Iraq and Gulf War (disambiguation) C Company, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, 1st UK Armoured Division The Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations led by the United States. ... EXAMPLE:Laughbox,Blondie,BamBam,Pinkie,etc. ... For other uses, see Scud (disambiguation). ... Peter Kent (born in Sussex, England July 27, 1943) is Deputy Editor for Global Television News, a Canadian TV network. ...

Kent graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and worked as an independent journalist and later with Canadian media outlets during the 1980s. This article is about the university in Ottawa, Ontario. ... This article is about the capital city of Canada. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ...

He worked at NBC as a foreign correspondent and host of Dateline NBC from 1989 to 1992. After a contract dispute with NBC, he was fired in August 1992. He subsequently sued NBC for breach of contract, fraud, and defamation, a case that was settled in March 1994.^[1] Under the terms of the agreement, NBC paid Kent an undisclosed amount, and retracted prior statements about Kent and the dispute. Kent also won the right to publish testimony and evidence from the discovery phase of the suit in his book, Risk and Redemption: Surviving The Network News Wars.^[2] He subsequently returned to Canada to host the CBC's Man Alive. He also established his own film company, Fast Forward Films, in Britain. This article is about the television network. ... Dateline NBC, or Dateline, is a U.S. weekly television newsmagazine broadcast by NBC similar to ABCs 20/20 or CBSs 60 Minutes. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... In law, discovery is the pre-trial phase in a lawsuit in which each party through the law of civil procedure can request documents and other evidence from other parties or can compel the production of evidence by using a subpoena or through other discovery devices, such as requests for... Radio-Canada redirects here. ... Man Alive was a Canadian television series, which aired documentary programming on issues of faith and spirituality. ...

Kent also has been working for BBC, The Observer and Maclean's for over twenty years. He has also hosted many History Channel shows such as History's Mysteries. One of his most notable documentaries is Afghanistan: Captives of the Warlords, shot secretly using a hidden camera. It shows life in Afghanistan under the repressive Taliban, contrasted against life under the much more lenient Northern Alliance. First broadcast by PBS in June 2001, an updated version received extensive broadcast on PBS affiliates and on the CBC following the September 11, 2001 attacks.^[3] It received the Gold WorldMedal at the New York festivals, and a Golden Eagle award from CINE.^[4] For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... A cover of the Canadian magazine Macleans. ... The History Channel is a cable television channel, dedicated to the presentation of historical events and persons, often with frequent observations and explanations by noted historians as well as reenactors and witnesses to events, if possible. ... Historys Mysteries is an American documentary television series on the History Channel, hosted by Arthur Kent, and narrated by David Ackroyd. ... The Taliban (Pashto: , also anglicized as Taleban) are a Sunni Muslim and ethnic Pashtun movement [2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance, United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. ... Flag flown by the UIF (Northern Alliance). ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... Radio-Canada redirects here. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... CINE is a consortium formulated to depict American life and thought realistically for a global audience. ...

In 2007 Kent launched Sky Reporter, an outlet for new & archived documentaries and short films. Composed of 1-2 minute pieces from Afghanistan, London, Bosnia, Iraq, and other places, Sky Reporter features Kent's independent reportage and commentary direct from the field.

He is a member of various media agencies:

• International Federation of Journalists
• Britain's National Union of Journalists
• PEN Canada
• Writer's Union of Canada
• Director of the Military Reporters and Editors of America
• co-founder of TVNewscan, a project of The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs

In November of 2007 Kent was chosen by local party members as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the Alberta provincial riding of Calgary Currie, and will contest the riding in the next provincial election.[1] International Federation of Journalists, IFJ, is global union federation of journalists trade unions - the largest in the world. ... The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is a trade union for journalists in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. ... Logo of International PEN International PEN, the worldwide association of writers, was founded in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere; to emphasise the role of literature in the development of mutual understanding and world culture; to fight for freedom of expression; and to act as... The George Washington University (GW) is a private, coeducational university located in Washington, D.C., United States. ... The Alberta Progressive Conservative Party is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. ... Calgary Currie is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. ...

References

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External links

• Sky Reporter
• Arthur Kent at the Internet Movie Database
• Arthur Kent on The Hour