Which of the following statements about the FCC and "fleeting expletives" in live TV shows is not true?
A)The FCC fining flurry was partially in response to campaigns against Howard Stern's vulgarity and the Janet Jackson exposed-breast incident.
B)In 2006, Congress increased the FCC's maximum allowable fine to $325,000 per incident.
C)In 2010, a federal appeals court rejected the FCC's policy on the basis that it was too vague.
D)In 2010, a federal appeals court rejected Congress's increase of the FCC's maximum allowable fine.
E)All of the options are true.

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The other statements are true, but Congress's increase of the FCC's maximum allowable fine was not rejected by the federal appeals court in 2010. It was the FCC's policy on "fleeting expletives" that was rejected as being too vague.

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