Stokes' tape collection consisted of 24/7-coverage of FOX, MSNBC, CNN, C-SPAN, CNBC and other networks-recorded on as many as eight separate VCR machines stationed throughout her house.
Stokes' son, Michael Metelits, said that the advent of 24-hour television news networks such as CNN, as well as ABC's nightly coverage of the Iran hostage crisis (which later became Nightline), acted as triggers [REF].