Philip A. Kent

Philip A. Kent, aka Phil Kent, is a media consultant and president of Phil Kent Consulting, Inc.

He frequently appears on national news and talk radio as a media commentator and is the author of "The Dark Side of Liberalism."[1] Phil Kent also served as press secretary and public affairs advisor to the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond between 1981 and 1982.[1] Philip Kent worked for the newspaper The Augusta Chronicle for twenty-five years.[1] In 1997 Kent was appointed to an indigent defense board but declined the appointment.[2]

He is also communications director of Fast Auto Loans for Virginia.[3]

Biography

· President of Phil Kent Consulting Inc. a public relations/media company based in Atlanta, Ga.

· National spokesman, Americans for Immigration Control based in Monterey, Va.

· CEO, American Seniors Association, based in Alpharetta, Ga.

· Regular panelist on Fox5 Atlanta WAGA-TV’s Sunday public affairs program “The Georgia Gang.”

· Former president of the Atlanta-based Southeastern Legal Foundation.

· Former press secretary to the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C.

· Former editorial page editor and columnist for the Augusta, Ga., Chronicle.

· Graduate, University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady School of Journalism

· 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Honorably Discharged.

· Senior Warden, St. Hilda’s Anglican Catholic Church, Atlanta, Ga.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Georgia Gang's Philip A. Kent". My Fox Atlanta. http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/about_us/fox_5_people/Georgia_Gangs_Philip_A_Kent_060909. Retrieved 15 August 2011. 
  2. ^ "Editor declines position". The Augusta Chronicle. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1997/10/03/met_215469.shtml. Retrieved 15 August 2011. 
  3. ^ "Where's Compassion for Virginians Without Credit?". Richmond Times-Dispatch. http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2009/oct/21/ed-kent21_20091020-195606-ar-20814/. Retrieved 15 August 2011. 

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