Arthur Kent
| Arthur Kent | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 27, 1953 Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada |
| Occupation | TV news journalist, author |
| Spouse(s) | Vickie Lynn Mercy (1981-1983); divorced |
Arthur Kent (born December 27, 1953) is a Canadian television journalist and author. 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 Canada's former Minister of the Environment Peter Kent.
Kent was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta. His father, Arthur Parker Kent (now deceased), worked for Southam Newspaper Group and retired as associate editor of the Calgary Herald. After his father’s retirement, Arthur Kent began his journalism career at the Calgary Herald in the summer of 1973.
Kent graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa in 1975 while working as a general assignment reporter for CJOH-News, the Ottawa affiliate of the CTV network. In 1977, after moving to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Kent was named Alberta correspondent for The National, CBC’s principal TV newscast. Three years later, Kent left CBC to become an independent reporter and photographer, eventually filing jointly to NBC News, CBC and London’s Observer newspaper.
In 1989 Kent joined NBC News as the network’s Rome Correspondent. Kent won Emmy Awards for his part in NBC’s coverage of the June 4, 1989 Tiananman Square Massacre and the December, 1989 Romanian Revolution.
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.
Under the terms of the agreement, NBC paid Kent a large settlement 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.
He subsequently returned to Canada to host CBC Television's Man Alive. With the settlement from NBC, he established his own film company, Fast Forward Films, in the UK.
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