This was reported before it was clear that cables were cut. As with many things symptoms appeared before the cause was understood and that knowledge filter through the NOCs of the world, let alone out to users.
Also, how is the headline not accurate? Did Google Cloud not in fact have major packet loss between multiple regions? How does "this service is down" count as marketing, isn't it giving people bad impressions?
As the parent comment mentions, the service providers are obviously going to see an issue the second it happens, but it might take minutes/hours for information to disseminate on the root cause.
Just like... Practically any incident. If you immediately know the root cause, it shouldn't have been an incident in the first place.
You actually asked "That's rude. Who did that?" after commenting "Then maybe the headline should be more accurate rather than give free marketing to what some might term a monopoly."
The other interpretation of that statement, given your antagonistic first comment, is asking "Who issued the incident", as evidenced by the second half of my reply.
Also, how is the headline not accurate? Did Google Cloud not in fact have major packet loss between multiple regions? How does "this service is down" count as marketing, isn't it giving people bad impressions?