Who was she talking too?

That Is the question many Houstonians (Americans) are asking of Representative Shelia Jackson Lee. During a recent townhall meeting on health care reform she answered her cell phone in the middle of the event. This act, of what some are calling rudeness, was done while a Kingwood woman was asking a health issue related question. SJL was captured on video talking on her cell phone or what she is calling, multi-tasking. She claims she was trying to get the right wording for the answer of a question being asked. Others attending the meeting claim SJL was being briefed on the phone on who to Thank for attending the meeting.

The entire ordeal became a face book and twitter sensation. YouTube has the video depicting the incident. Local and National news have done stories on the now hot topic. I even admit, as soon as I saw a reporter’s face book status on it, I retweeted it on twitter.

From my experience as an assignment editor I can verify that one person can listen to a person on the phone, have a continuous conversation with someone standing at the news desk while looking up a number for a reporter on the computer. The big difference is, I am not an elected official.

The lessen learned from this hot topic is no matter who you are turn your cell phone off or put it on vibrate. If you’re an elected official, let your aids handle your phone calls and right wording inquiries. But most important don’t answer your phone in this type of situation.


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http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=6964291