Speculative stunts for personal gain hurting society

A VIDEO in which someone claiming to be a Beijing resident scolded another passenger on the subway, telling them not to come to Beijing, caused a stir when it was posted online. Yet it later transpired that the incident was staged by an actor from Northeast China's Liaoning province. More regulation is needed to stop such speculation, says an opinion article on China Youth Daily:

Those who make such publicity-seeking videos hope to benefit from them.

The problem is, quite a number of people have succeeded in doing so, as they have become mini-celebrities able to cash in on their "fame". Even though everybody blames them for being vulgar and challenging morality, they still make a profit because they are widely known.