The sad thing is ONTD couldn't even spell Pierson's name correctly in their title.
As for having your work copied around the Web, one thing I would suggest is that you add a specific warning against it, either as a TOS (Terms Of Service) for the entire site, or specifically for each article you post (where they couldn't possibly say they missed it
), or even both (there's no such thing as overkill when it comes to protecting copyright). That way you can go after sites that "borrow" your work without your permission to have them remove it. And if you get nowhere with the actual sites, you can go above them to their Web space providers. Most providers do not look kindly on their users violating the copyrights of other sites. Some providers will merely start off by issuing a warning to an offending user and asking them to take the copyrighted material down - but others will actually cancel the offender's Web space account outright. It all depends on how strict they are.
It's worth a try...