There is more here to this story than meets the eye
Yes, and I don't think it's the actual texting..... Here are two key documents to this story - they are NTSB documents and thus do not have the media "we need to sell more copies" angle added to them. Click [Download] button in each case
Timeline of pilot communications before the accident
Factual Report of [investigating] Group Chairman - yes he was texting, yes it was against company policy, but the way I read this report, he may have had other distractions as well?