Editing Answer Me! (section)

== Controversy ==
In 1995, a complaint about issue no. 4 being sold at a [[Bellingham, Washington]] magazine store known as The Newsstand resulted in owners Ira Stohl and Kristina Hjelsand being tried on charges of distribution of [[obscenity]].<ref>{{Cite news
| title = Question Put Before Court: Is Magazine Smut or Satire?
| work = [[The New York Times]]
| accessdate = 2012-06-11
| date = 1995-11-26
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/26/us/question-put-before-court-is-magazine-smut-or-satire.html
}}</ref> Charged with one felony count of promoting pornography, they faced a maximum sentence of five years in jail and a $10,000 fine. The defendants were found [[Acquittal|not guilty]].<ref>{{Cite news
| last = Bjorhus, Jennifer
| title = Not-Guilty Verdict In Bellingham Pornography Trial
| work = [[Seattle Times]]
| access-date = 2012-06-11
| date = 1996-02-02
| url = https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19960202/2312055/not-guilty-verdict-in-bellingham-pornography-trial----shopkeepers-knowledge-a-factor-says-jury
}}</ref><ref name=foerstel>{{Cite book
| publisher = Greenwood Press
| isbn = 0-313-30245-6
| last = Foerstel, Herbert N.
| title = Banned in the Media: A Reference Guide to Censorship in the Press, Motion Pictures, Broadcasting, and the Internet
| year = 1998
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/bannedinmediaref0000foer
}} [https://archive.org/details/bannedinmediaref0000foer/page/16 p 16].</ref> A later lawsuit against the City of Bellingham by Stohl and Hjelsand resulted in the City paying $1.3 million to the plaintiffs on the grounds of violation of [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] rights and infliction of emotional distress.<ref name=foerstel/><ref>{{Cite news
| last = Schaefer, David
| title = Whatcom 'Porn' Case Gets Vendor $1.3 Million
| work = Seattle Times
| access-date = 2012-06-11
| date = 1997-04-13
| url = https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19970413/2533669/whatcom-porn-case-gets-vendor-13-million----judgment-in-free--speech-trial-is-largest-civil-rights-award-in-states-history-lawyer-says
}}</ref>