The cable network took a new approach to fact-checking the President live, meeting his repeated lies with prepared refutations — something made possible by his frequent repetitions of false talking points. Does the approach work?

On this week’s edition of Beat The Press, Emily Rooney was joined by Adam Reilly of WGBH News; Lylah Alphonse of U.S. News & World Report; Dan Kennedy of Northeastern University; and Callie Crossley of WGBH News.