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Connection: Facebook's Faux Pas, And Was There Really Support For The Revolution?

Did Facebook break basic etiquette standards, or even the law, by manipulating user emotions? Our social media watcher Mike Johansson weighs in, and we'll hear from Cornell University; they had a researcher who helped Facebook with the data.

Then we'll hear from University of Rochester history professor Thomas Slaughter, who has a new book out called Independence: The Tangled Roots of the American Revolution. Professor Slaughter says we tend to misunderstand the revolution, which was terribly divisive; the revolutionary war never had more than 45% public support.

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.