It's hard to know how to describe Jason Whitlock's role in the media these days. He isn't covering sports anymore, but he certainly isn't short on commentary about those that do or the games and personalities they cover. He took aim at some big names in a new video promoting his show at The Blaze.

Whitlock tweeted that his video was inspired by Shaquille O'Neal "renouncing his celebrity status" in an interview with the New York Post. He said in the video that Americans tend to think the smartest people have the most money, when in reality, you make the most money by being willing to cut corners and compromise yourself.

"If there's a person watching this or a person on the planet that thinks Stephen A. Smith is smarter than me, you're an idiot," Jason Whitlock said. "And that's not a shot at Stephen A. Smith. I'm not trying to put Stephen A. Smith on blast. But that's not the reason Stephen A. Smith makes $12 million a year."

Whitlock was careful to say that he was not singling Smith out or commenting on anything the First Take host had specifically done. The same was not true for Ryan Clark. Jason Whitlock made it very clear that he didn't think the former Steeler and current NFL analyst was genuine in his appearances on television.

"I saw Ryan Clark from ESPN one day about a year ago crying on TV because some woman, some white woman in a drive thru called his son the N word or whatever as she's going through the McDonald's drive thru. And I saw this man crying on TV and I said 'I'm not willing to do that.' I'm not going to go on national TV and act like some white woman that I don't know and that my son doesn't know could bring me to tears because she called my son a name. I'm not gonna do that performance."

Jason Whitlock is now part of The Blaze, the digital network owned by conservative talk show host Glenn Beck. He hosts hosts a show there called Fearless with Jason Whitlock, which airs weeknights at 7 eastern.

Whitlock says that is where he can be authentically himself. He singled out Shannon Sharpe, who he has been critical of in the past, saying that he could never allow himself to do what the Hall of Fame tight end does on TV.

"Trust me, there's sin in my life and I'm not better than anybody, but I just want you to understand something about celebrity and wealth and fame and where it really comes from. Sometimes, it comes from a willingness to compromise your beliefs, a willingness to lie and be a fake, false person," he closed the video by saying.