تذكّرت فيلم سمك لبن تمر هندي، وهو فيلم غامض لا يمكن أن تفهم مغزاه، ليس بسبب عبقرية الفيلم، بل بسبب سوء إخراجه، فالفيلم عبارة عن خلطة من الأفكار غير المتجانسة أدّت في النهاية لنتيجة واحدة هي (أن لا نتيجة).
الفيلم يشبه الاشتباك القائم بين الصحافة التقليدية ووسائل الإعلام الجديدة بكل ما فيها من منصات (وسائل التواصل، البودكاست، اليوتيوب)، وهو أمر اكتسح العالم أجمع، وليس في السعودية فقط، وإن كانت الأضرار تختلف من بلد لآخر.
قبل سنتين تقريباً قام الصحفي الأمريكي تاكر كارلسون، بالخروج من قناة فوكس نيوز بسبب الخلافات بينه وبين قناته، حول محتوى برنامجه والعلاقات المتوترة مع الإدارة وبسبب ردود الفعل التي يخلفها وراءه.
ما فعله كارلسون، وما سيفعله غيره، يؤكد للجميع أن الإعلام في العالم كله يمر بمرحلة مخاض عسيرة بسبب صدمة تراجع المؤسسات الصحفية التقليدية وتأثير الوسائل الجديدة عليها، إضافة إلى أن المؤسسات الإعلامية ارتبكت ولم تعد معدتها تحتمل ما يقوم به الصحفيون والإعلاميون الحقيقيون، وبدأ البحث عن أرباع وأخماس الصحفيين الذين يسدون ثغرات صغيرة في جدار الإعلام الواسع، لكن ذلك لا يعني أن الجدار سيصمد، بل قد ينهار في أية لحظة.
اليوم الصحافة التقليدية شبه ميتة، ولا تُقدّم فنّاً صحفيّاً يمكن الإشارة إليه إلا المقالات، فقد اختفت التحقيقات والتقارير، وحتى الفنون التي كانت تستفيد من الصحافة مثل السينما والموسيقى والشعر والرواية والقصة.. إلخ، لم تجد بديلاً يستطيع أن ينشر لها كما كانت الصحافة.
فن المقالات يتراجع اليوم بشكل كبير، والكُتَّاب الحقيقيون ينزلون من سفينة الصحافة واحداً تلو الآخر، وهذا في رأيي أخطر ما سنفقده، فكُتّاب الرأي هم الأقدر من بين كل ممتهني الفنون الصحفية الأخرى، على تأسيس رأي عام صلب، والمقال هو السلاح الأمضى في الدفاع عن الوطن ضد كل الحملات التي تصاغ وتدار في الخارج، وهو المعيار الحقيقي لقوة الحجة والأكثر إيلاماً إذا لامست المقالة نقاط ضعف الأعداء، والتجارب في ذلك كثيرة.
فالتغريدة لن تكون بديلاً عن المقال مهما كانت مطولة، وهي تذوب دون تأثير مستدام في بحر من المشاركات لا قرار له.
«البودكاست» اليوم فن جديد من فنون الصحافة المرئية، وهو تطوّر من كونه وسيلة مسموعة إلى مرئية، لكن الاعتماد عليه لوحده والاعتقاد بأنه سيغني عن الصحافة التقليدية هو ضرب من ضروب التفاؤل البعيدة.
ولعلنا نتذكر.. هل كانت محلات الفيديو في السبعينات والثمانينات بديلاً عن الصحف؟.. الإجابة لا بالطبع، فهي لم تَعْدُ أن تكون وسيلة تعرض فنوناً مختلفة، وهو ما يفعله البودكاست حاليّاً، لكنه للأسف سمح لكل من هب ودب بفتح دكانه الخاص دون أن يمر برحلة صحفية يتمرّس من خلالها على فنون الإعلام، فقط كاميرا وكرسيين وضيف لتخرج لنا الكوارث.
فالمشهد الإعلامي تشظى جدّاً، لدرجة يكاد ينفرط فيها؛ لذلك أصبح من الضرورة جمع كل تلك الفنون الصحفية والإعلامية تحت عقيدة واحدة.
ما بشّر به معالي وزير الإعلام السعودي الأستاذ سلمان الدوسري قبل أسابيع عن قرب الانتهاء من استراتيجية إعلامية سعودية شاملة، ستشكّل (عقيدة إعلامية سعودية) تضع لنفسها عنوناً رئيسيّاً يخدم مصالح الأمة السعودية، منطلقة من الرؤية الاستراتيجية للدولة السعودية، ومحققة مستهدفاتها، ستكون الحل المثالي، وأكاد أجزم أن الوزارة قادرة على بناء تلك العقيدة التي ستضبط إيقاع الإعلام ليتحدث بلغة إعلامية واحدة، ويوصل نتيجة واحدة.
فالسعودية بقدراتها وحجمها وتأثيرها المتعاظم في السياسة والاقتصاد الدولي، وكما نفهمها ويفهمها العالم، هي حامية الحرمين الشريفين، وهي جزيرة العرب بكل ما تعنيه من إرث لغوي وإنساني وحضاري وتاريخ متجذر أثّر على العالم كله، وهي أهم مزوّد للطاقة، وإحدى دول العشرين، كل ذلك يجعل من تفوق الإعلام السعودي وسط كل هذه التحوّلات الإعلامية ضرورة لا ترفاً.
محمد الساعد
العقيدة الإعلامية السعودية.. ضرورة لا ترفاً !
18 أغسطس 2025 - 00:09
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I remembered the film "Fish, Milk, Tamarind," which is a mysterious film that you cannot understand its meaning, not because of the film's brilliance, but due to its poor direction. The film is a mix of incompatible ideas that ultimately led to one result: (that there is no result).
The film resembles the ongoing clash between traditional journalism and new media, with all its platforms (social media, podcasts, YouTube), a phenomenon that has swept the entire world, not just in Saudi Arabia, although the damages vary from country to country.
About two years ago, American journalist Tucker Carlson left Fox News due to disagreements between him and the channel regarding the content of his program and the tense relations with the management, as well as the reactions he leaves behind.
What Carlson did, and what others will do, confirms to everyone that media around the world is going through a difficult labor phase due to the shock of the decline of traditional press institutions and the impact of new media on them. Additionally, media institutions have become confused and can no longer withstand what real journalists are doing, and the search began for quarters and fifths of journalists who fill small gaps in the vast wall of media, but that does not mean that the wall will hold; it may collapse at any moment.
Today, traditional journalism is almost dead, and it does not present journalistic art that can be pointed to except for articles, as investigations and reports have disappeared, and even the arts that used to benefit from journalism, such as cinema, music, poetry, novels, and stories, have not found an alternative that can publish them as journalism once did.
The art of articles is declining significantly today, and real writers are stepping down from the journalism ship one after another, which I believe is the most dangerous thing we will lose. Opinion writers are the most capable among all practitioners of other journalistic arts to establish a solid public opinion, and the article is the most effective weapon in defending the homeland against all the campaigns that are crafted and managed abroad. It is the true measure of the strength of the argument and is most painful if the article touches the weaknesses of the enemies, and there are many experiences in that.
A tweet will never be a substitute for an article, no matter how lengthy it is, as it dissolves without lasting impact in a sea of posts that has no resolution.
Today, podcasts are a new art form of visual journalism, evolving from being an audio medium to a visual one. However, relying solely on it and believing that it will replace traditional journalism is a form of distant optimism.
And perhaps we remember... were video rental shops in the seventies and eighties a substitute for newspapers? The answer is no, of course; they were merely a means of showcasing different arts, which is what podcasts are currently doing. Unfortunately, it has allowed anyone and everyone to open their own shop without going through a journalistic journey to hone their media skills, just a camera, two chairs, and a guest to produce disasters.
The media scene has fragmented to such an extent that it is almost unraveling; therefore, it has become necessary to gather all those journalistic and media arts under one doctrine.
What His Excellency the Saudi Minister of Media, Mr. Salman Al-Dosari, announced a few weeks ago about the imminent completion of a comprehensive Saudi media strategy, which will form a (Saudi media doctrine) that sets a main title serving the interests of the Saudi nation, based on the strategic vision of the Saudi state and achieving its objectives, will be the ideal solution. I can almost assure that the ministry is capable of building that doctrine that will regulate the media to speak in one media language and convey one result.
Saudi Arabia, with its capabilities, size, and growing influence in international politics and economics, as we understand it and the world understands it, is the protector of the Two Holy Mosques. It is the Arabian Peninsula with all that it means of linguistic, human, cultural, and deeply rooted historical heritage that has influenced the entire world. It is the most important energy supplier and one of the G20 countries, all of which makes the superiority of Saudi media amidst all these media transformations a necessity, not a luxury.
The film resembles the ongoing clash between traditional journalism and new media, with all its platforms (social media, podcasts, YouTube), a phenomenon that has swept the entire world, not just in Saudi Arabia, although the damages vary from country to country.
About two years ago, American journalist Tucker Carlson left Fox News due to disagreements between him and the channel regarding the content of his program and the tense relations with the management, as well as the reactions he leaves behind.
What Carlson did, and what others will do, confirms to everyone that media around the world is going through a difficult labor phase due to the shock of the decline of traditional press institutions and the impact of new media on them. Additionally, media institutions have become confused and can no longer withstand what real journalists are doing, and the search began for quarters and fifths of journalists who fill small gaps in the vast wall of media, but that does not mean that the wall will hold; it may collapse at any moment.
Today, traditional journalism is almost dead, and it does not present journalistic art that can be pointed to except for articles, as investigations and reports have disappeared, and even the arts that used to benefit from journalism, such as cinema, music, poetry, novels, and stories, have not found an alternative that can publish them as journalism once did.
The art of articles is declining significantly today, and real writers are stepping down from the journalism ship one after another, which I believe is the most dangerous thing we will lose. Opinion writers are the most capable among all practitioners of other journalistic arts to establish a solid public opinion, and the article is the most effective weapon in defending the homeland against all the campaigns that are crafted and managed abroad. It is the true measure of the strength of the argument and is most painful if the article touches the weaknesses of the enemies, and there are many experiences in that.
A tweet will never be a substitute for an article, no matter how lengthy it is, as it dissolves without lasting impact in a sea of posts that has no resolution.
Today, podcasts are a new art form of visual journalism, evolving from being an audio medium to a visual one. However, relying solely on it and believing that it will replace traditional journalism is a form of distant optimism.
And perhaps we remember... were video rental shops in the seventies and eighties a substitute for newspapers? The answer is no, of course; they were merely a means of showcasing different arts, which is what podcasts are currently doing. Unfortunately, it has allowed anyone and everyone to open their own shop without going through a journalistic journey to hone their media skills, just a camera, two chairs, and a guest to produce disasters.
The media scene has fragmented to such an extent that it is almost unraveling; therefore, it has become necessary to gather all those journalistic and media arts under one doctrine.
What His Excellency the Saudi Minister of Media, Mr. Salman Al-Dosari, announced a few weeks ago about the imminent completion of a comprehensive Saudi media strategy, which will form a (Saudi media doctrine) that sets a main title serving the interests of the Saudi nation, based on the strategic vision of the Saudi state and achieving its objectives, will be the ideal solution. I can almost assure that the ministry is capable of building that doctrine that will regulate the media to speak in one media language and convey one result.
Saudi Arabia, with its capabilities, size, and growing influence in international politics and economics, as we understand it and the world understands it, is the protector of the Two Holy Mosques. It is the Arabian Peninsula with all that it means of linguistic, human, cultural, and deeply rooted historical heritage that has influenced the entire world. It is the most important energy supplier and one of the G20 countries, all of which makes the superiority of Saudi media amidst all these media transformations a necessity, not a luxury.


