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“PAID FOR BY TEST COMMITTEE”  at 0.8s

visible 4.4s at 0.8s, 5.6% height

“(no speech detected) — only on-screen text present: "PAID FOR BY TEST COMMITTEE" [0.8s-5.2s]”  at 0.8s

The rule requires an audio "stand by your ad" statement spoken by the candidate (e.g., "I am [candidate] and I approve this message") for candidate-authorized communications. The transcript shows no speech whatsoever anywhere in the ad, so there is no spoken approval statement and nothing that could be construed as legally equivalent phrasing in the audio channel. The only disclaimer content is the on-screen text "PAID FOR BY TEST COMMITTEE," which addresses the payer identification but not the candidate's audio approval statement, and it does not name the candidate or state approval at all. The trigger condition is 'always applies' for candidate-authorized ads; a video/broadcast ad that carries no audio track does not escape the audio-statement requirement under 11 CFR 110.11(c)(3)(i). Accordingly, the ad does not satisfy the rule. The only residual uncertainty is whether the media file's audio was captured/transcribed correctly, but on the evidence provided this is a failure.

“[0.8s-5.2s, 4.4s visible, 5.6% of frame height] PAID FOR BY TEST COMMITTEE”  at 0.8s

The only disclaimer in the ad is "PAID FOR BY TEST COMMITTEE," displayed for 4.4s at 5.6% frame height, so the timing/size parameters (min 4s, min 4% height) are met. However, the content contains no authorization statement and no candidate is named anywhere in the ad (there is no audio at all). Whether the rule is violated depends entirely on the unresolved trigger: if "Test Committee" is a third party rather than the candidate's own authorized committee, 11 CFR 110.11(b)(2) requires "Paid for by [payor] and authorized by [candidate]," and this disclaimer would plainly FAIL because the "and authorized by..." element is entirely absent (nothing in the text is legally equivalent to an authorization notice). If instead Test Committee is the candidate's own authorized committee, 110.11(b)(1) applies and the standalone "Paid for by" statement would be sufficient, making this rule inapplicable. The evidence does not resolve which is the case: the generic sponsor name gives no indication of affiliation with any candidate, and no candidate name appears on screen or in audio to establish the relationship. A human reviewer should confirm whether Test Committee is the candidate's authorized committee; if it is not, this ad fails.

“[0.8s-5.2s, 4.4s visible, 5.6% of frame height] PAID FOR BY TEST COMMITTEE”  at 0.8s

The on-screen text reads "PAID FOR BY TEST COMMITTEE," which is the standard, FCC-accepted sponsorship identification formulation and is legally equivalent to the template's "was sponsored, paid for, or furnished... by {sponsor_name}." 47 CFR 73.1212 requires disclosure that the matter is sponsored, paid for, or furnished — the disjunctive "paid for by" phrasing satisfies this, and the sponsor name matches the metadata sponsor (Test Committee). The deterministic check failed only because of literal string matching against the full template wording. Timing and size requirements are also met: the text is visible for 4.4 seconds (≥ 4s minimum) at 5.6% of frame height (≥ 4% minimum), satisfying the one_time_minimum standard. No competing or contradictory sponsorship text appears elsewhere in the ad. Minor residual uncertainty: the disclosure does not include an "in whole or in part" qualifier, but that language is only required where the sponsorship is partial or the ad is furnished free/at nominal cost; nothing in the evidence suggests that circumstance here.

“[0.8s-5.2s] PAID FOR BY TEST COMMITTEE (on-screen only; no speech detected in the ad)”  at 0.8s

47 CFR 73.1212(d) only applies where the political matter or discussion of a controversial issue was furnished to the station by a third party (the 'uses_furnished_material' trigger). Nothing in the available evidence indicates furnished material: the ad is a short, silent, single-card spot reading 'PAID FOR BY TEST COMMITTEE,' with no attribution to an outside supplier, no third-party source credit, and no indication that the material was provided free of charge to the station by anyone other than the named sponsor. Metadata likewise describes it as a candidate-authorized ad with its own identified sponsor. On the face of the evidence the trigger does not appear to be met, so the beginning-and-end audio announcement requirement is not engaged. Important caveat for the human reviewer: the provenance of the material cannot be verified from the ad content alone, and if it turns out the material was in fact furnished by a third party, this ad would clearly FAIL — the ad contains no audio at all (no speech detected), so there is no spoken 'sponsored, paid for, or furnished, in whole or in part, by...' announcement at either the beginning or the end; the only sponsorship identification is the visual 'PAID FOR BY TEST COMMITTEE' card, which cannot satisfy an audio-channel requirement.