My ill-mannered neighbor Swamp Rabbit staggered into my shack today and looked over my shoulder as I typed. “Uh-oh, more crap about that lapdog who wrecked ’60 Minutes.’ Why don’t you gripe about something closer to home? How about them Uber Eats robots in Center City?”

I told him I wasn’t writing about CBS News boss Bari Weiss. This one was about longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley, who publicly shamed Nick Bilton, the underqualified yes man chosen by the underqualified Weiss to replace Tanya Simon, the show’s highly regarded executive producer.

“Speaking truth to power” is a cliche but it might be the best way to describe what Pelley said yesterday when the remaining staffers at “60 Minutes” met the new boss. “Why should we trust you?” Pelley asked while listing all the reasons Bilton could not be trusted to help restore the show’s reputation, which Weiss tarnished months ago by shelving a story about the Trump administration’s deportation of immigrants to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

Pelley was all fired up. “You come into our house and expect to be welcome?” he said to Bilton after naming some of his recently fired coworkers.

Staffers were treated to bagels but received no convincing explanation for the takedown of “60 Minutes,” which has been riding high in the ratings for 50 years. “Enjoy the bagels,” Bilton said as he slinked away from the meeting. (Weiss didn’t show up for it.)

“Your legion of readers will be up in arms,” Swamp Rabbit said when I finished typing. “They’ll grab their pitchforks and march on CBS News when they read what you wrote.”

“I don’t think so,” I said, ignoring his sarcasm. “But it feels good to write about somebody who fights back when the corporate zombies take over.”

A few hours later Pelley was fired — big surprise, right? — for standing up to the yes men and woman who make it possible for billionaires and their corporate lackeys to control and suppress information about Trump’s fascist regime. Let’s hope this isn’t the end of the story.