Newport challenged his statement and presented data, that indicated that Americans were split on the War in Afghanistan. In March 2009, Kroft asked Obama, who was laughing while discussing the recession, "Are you punch drunk?" Regarding the interview of Obama and Hillary Clinton on January 27, 2013, Conor Friedersdorf of The Atlantic argues that Steve Kroft's softball interview technique diminishes 60 Minutes. Peggy Noonan, in a column titled "So God Made a Fawner" in The Wall Street Journal, says that Kroft's interview was as "soft as a sneaker full of puppy excrement." Personal life Kroft lives in New York City with his wife, Jennet Conant, who is a journalist and author. They have one son, John Conant Kroft, who attended the Juilliard School. Extramarital affair In 2015, the National Enquirer broke news of an affair involving Kroft and New York City attorney, Lisan Goines, a woman 28 years his junior. Kroft later admitted to and apologized for the affair publicly. Popular culture He appeared as himself on an episode of Murphy Brown. He played himself again in Woody Allen's 2000 movie Small Time Crooks, in which he interviewed Allen's character for a segment on 60 Minutes. Awards 11-time Emmy Award winner including a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 2003 5-time Peabody Award winner 2-time Columbia University DuPont Award winner 1992: George Arents Medal, the highest honor given to a Syracuse University alumnus Honorary Doctoral degrees from Indiana University; Binghamton University; and Long Island University. 2007: Medallion of the University, the highest honor given by the University at Albany. 2007: Gerald Loeb Award for Television Enterprise business journalism for "The Mother of All Heists" 2009: List of George Polk Award Winners 2009: Gerald Loeb Award for Television Breaking News business journalism for "Economic Crisis: House of Cards" 2010: Paul White Award, Radio Television Digital News Association 2014: Gerald Loeb Award for Personal Finance business journalism for "60 Minutes: 40 Million Mistakes" See also New Yorkers in journalism References External links 1945 births Living people American television reporters and correspondents American television talk show hosts American war correspondents American war correspondents of the Vietnam War CBS News people 60 Minutes correspondents Emmy Award winners Gerald Loeb Award winners for Personal Finance Gerald Loeb Award winners for Television United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni People from Kokomo, Indiana