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Whitlock: Jay Z and Bad Bunny broke the Super Bowl. Now ESPN is purging its house.

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There’s a striking parallel between ESPN’s latest round of layoffs and the dystopian world of the film "The Purge" — and BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock knows why. “In the movie ‘The Purge,’ the ruling class gives you one night a year, 12 hours, where all crime, including murder, is legal. They sell it to you as catharsis, healing, a release valve, so the country stays calm the other 364 days,” Whitlock explains on “Fearless.” “It’s a lie. The purge was never about healing. It was about money. The elites quietly eliminating the people they decided were too expensive to keep and dressing it up as something noble so nobody asked the real question,” he continues, adding, “This week ESPN began its purge.” Of those “purged” were Ryan Clark, Cam Newton, and many other veteran anchors. “The network wants you to believe it’s just business, restructuring, budget cuts. Don’t buy the catharsis story. There’s a body they’re protecting. It’s worth billions,” he says, “It’s called the Super Bowl.” And w