Reply #13: I hadn't ID'd myself in the ad

[A_Possum]

and no, the reporter wasn't giving legal advice, she was asking me if I knew what political advertising required in the way of disclosure.

I really can't remember the details, it was so long ago, but the lesson I took away from it was that I needed to educate myself on the current law about political advertising, which is defined as advertising which supporting or opposing an officeholder, a political party, or a measure (a ballot proposition). That's what this was.

I'm not at all saying such an ad such as the OP talks about here would be a problem. I'm saying think it's wiser to be aware of what the law is than to just assume an ad won't be covered by it, which was my original point.