‘The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann’ Review: A Study of Media Mythmaking

Madeleine McCann’s abduction and the resulting investigation may not be familiar to you, but her face probably is. The media frenzy was most intense in the UK and Europe but spilled over into the US a decade ago. Madeleine was the British equivalent of JonBenet Ramsey, a cherubic face and blonde hair lodged in our minds as another unanswered question. N…