Arthur Kent
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Arthur Kent (b. December 27, 1953, Lacombe, 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.
Kent graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and worked as an independent journalist and later with Canadian media outlets during the 1980s.
He worked at NBC as a foreign correspondent and host of Dateline NBC from 1989 to 1992. After The Gulf War, NBC News ordered him to Bosnia and he refused to go saying that it was too dangerous. NBC then fired him. His appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno was cancelled, also. Jay had The Tonight Show captioned with the title, "No Arthur Kent". He subsequently returned to Canada to host the CBC's Man Alive. He also established his own film company, Fast Forward Films, in Britain.
He 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.
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
