User blog comment:IEmbargo/iEmbargo's Canonicity Rules - Part 3/@comment-2032682-20140317113044/@comment-14284535-20140323185358

Wow, that's different. I understand that it stunk, but I think it's still canonical because it was broadcast.

Put it another way, I am sure that Gene Roddenberry and Gene Coon would have liked "The Omega Glory" and "Spock's Brain" to be stricken from the from Star Trek canon,  but they couldn't. I think the same applies here.