title: Cannot load json file in python
body: <p>I got a file of twitter streaming data in json. Now I'm trying to load it in python:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import json
  
  tweets_data=[]
  tweets_file=open('test1.txt',"r")
  for line in tweets_file:
      try:
          tweet=json.load(line)
          tweets_data.append(tweet)
      except:
          continue 
  
  print(len(tweets_data))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The result is always 0. If "try" and "except" are removed, then error is "ValueError: Expecting value: line 2 column 1 (char 1)". However, each line of the file is a valid JSON according to online validator.</p>
  
  <p>Here is a segment of test1.txt:</p>
  
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  </code></pre>