Sichuan earthquake

Earlier this morning, a major earthquake rocked a large part of China. Immediate reports began to appear via Twitter and video postings. Global Voices has an outstanding post on the variety of ways that news from China has come in over the Net.

For example, the earthquake is already up on Wikipedia. And this is just one of many videos online capturing the quake in real time. What do you consider the benefits — or drawbacks — of these delivery methods?