As much as I like to beat on the MSM, they did pick it up; plenty of major publications (the Economist, the New Yorker, USA Today, Forbes, the WSJ, PBS, NPR, and many more) had articles on it before John Oliver&#x27;s episode.<p>Sarah Stillman&#x27;s article for the New Yorker, <i>Taken</i>, is particularly good, as well as depressing: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newyorker.com&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;2013&#x2F;08&#x2F;12&#x2F;taken" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newyorker.com&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;2013&#x2F;08&#x2F;12&#x2F;taken</a>