Steve Kroft may have won numerous Emmys, Peabody Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award for his 30-year tenure as a 60 Minutes correspondent, but when asked by Bill O’Reilly if he would do it all over again, the since-retired journalist said he “probably wouldn’t.”
In a recent interview with the conservative commentator, Kroft — whose bonafides include reporting on the Gulf War and Chernobyl disaster and conducting 17 separate interviews with Barack Obama, as well as leading the infamous 1992 interview with Hillary and Bill Clinton — noted that he “hated” the competitive nature of the iconic TV program and its nonstop news cycle.
He noted that his colleagues were “so paranoid” about being backstabbed amid the cutthroat work environment. As such, Kroft said he favored his tenure as a London bureau correspondent at CBS as it gave him the chance to travel and constituted the “job I
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