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Arthur Kent
Born December 27, 1953 (1953-12-27) (age 54)
Flag of Canada Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Occupation TV news journalist, politician

Arthur Kent (born December 27, 1953 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian television journalist. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Medicine Hat, known to locals as "The Hat" is a city of 60000 people located in the southeastern part of the province of Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Medicine Hat, known to locals as "The Hat" is a city of 60000 people located in the southeastern part of the province of Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page He rose to international prominence during the 1991 Persian Gulf War during which he acquired the nickname "The Scud Stud". A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. Scud is a series of Tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War and exported widely to other countries He is the brother of journalist Peter Kent. Peter Kent (born July 27, 1943) is Deputy Editor of 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 Canada Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989.

He worked at NBC as a foreign correspondent and host of Dateline NBC from 1989 to 1992. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Dateline NBC, or Dateline, is a US weekly television Newsmagazine broadcast by NBC similar to ABC 's 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) 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. 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 [2] He subsequently returned to Canada to host the CBC's Man Alive. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page He also established his own film company, Fast Forward Films, in Britain. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

Kent also has been working for BBC, The Observer and Maclean's for over twenty years. The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Maclean's is a Canadian weekly News magazine, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics pop culture and current events He has also hosted many History Channel shows such as History's Mysteries. History, formerly known as The History Channel, is a Satellite and Cable TV channel, with shows on historical events and persons&mdashoften History's Mysteries was a US documentary Television series on the History Channel, hosted by Arthur Kent 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. The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately The United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan ( UIF, Jabha-yi Muttahid-i Islami-yi Milli bara-yi Nijat-i Afghanistan) also known as the Northern 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. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the [3] It received the Gold WorldMedal at the New York festivals, and a Golden Eagle award from CINE. CINE is a Consortium formulated to depict American life and thought realistically for a global audience [4]

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:

In November 2007, Kent was chosen by local party members as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the Alberta provincial riding of Calgary Currie. Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> International Federation of Journalists, IFJ, is Global union Template talkInfobox Union for usage -->The National Union of Journalists ( NUJ) is a Trade union for For the "Postsecondary Education Network International" see PEN-International International PEN, the worldwide association of The George Washington University ( GW or GWU) is a private coeducational university located in Washington D The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta 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. In the March 3, 2008 election he lost to incumbent Dave Taylor. Alberta's 27th general election was held on March 3 2008. It was expected to be called early because the governing Progressive Conservatives held a Dave Taylor is a Canadian politician who currently represents the Electoral division of Calgary Currie in the Legislative Assembly

In 2008, Kent sued the makers of Charlie Wilson's War claiming that the movie used material Kent produced in the 1980s without permission[5]. Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 biographical Drama Film based on the true story of Democratic Texas Congressman

References

  1. ^ Hilton, Andrew. "The Scud Stud has Come Home", Spring 1994. Ryerson Review of Journalism. The Ryerson Review of Journalism is a Canadian Magazine, published twice annually by final year journalism students at Ryerson University Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
  2. ^ Canadian Research Media Consortium. Arthur Kent: Biography. Retrieved on 2007-01-15.
  3. ^ Filmakers Library. Afghanistan: Captives of the Warlords. Retrieved on 2007-01-15.
  4. ^ AEI Speakers Bureau. Arthur Kent. Retrieved on 2007-01-15.
  5. ^ Globe and Mail, "Charlie Wilson's intellectual-property war" April 26, 2008

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