Article: Taking the rap. (Doug Wood slandered for involvement with Southshore Holding Co. of Lousiana) (Cover Story)

Taking The Rap

Is Doug Wood The Fall Guy For Bob Shamburger, Or Just A Victim Of The Newspaper War?

To hear state Rep. Doug Wood tell his side of the story, he's just one more victim of the newspaper war and the Arkansas Democrat's aggressive business news coverage.

Wood's public demise started on Jan. 27.

On that day Wood's role as president of Reserve Energy and Capital Corp. was the subject of a lengthy Democrat article that questioned the company's financial statements.

Preparing to go public, Reserve's figures showed it had nearly $11 million in assets in oil and gas holdings. But the general tone of the article and the ...

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