MH>> Something along the lines of the proverbial "Big Lie."  Not done
MH>> with malice aforethought, as such, just one of those things that
MH>> people've heard so many times & for so long they can't believe
MH>> it's not true. 
MH>Just for the record..
Fire away. (IOW, see below. ) :)
MH>I was a fan of TOS during it's initial NBC run, and I remember the
MH>controversy surrounding this epsiode very clearly.
MH>AT THE TIME, it was big news and the first interracial kiss on network TV,
Well, y'know what they say. :)  I'm 45 & was there first-run, too,
& _also_ remember that, & that of course was essentially my point; a
mistake no one caught _then_, & thus now folks've heard it for so
long that many of them can't conceive of its *not* being the case.
:)
MH>Now it may or may not have BEEN the first interracial kiss on network TV, 
but
MH>at that time and for many years afterward (if not still) it held that
MH>distinction.
Even though it was wrong to begin with. 
MH>FWIW.
Same also too. 
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