JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1
<p>I am receiving this error in Python 3.5.1.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Here is my code:</p>

<pre><code>import json
import urllib.request

connection = urllib.request.urlopen('http://python-data.dr-chuck.net/comments_220996.json')

js = connection.read()

print(js)

info = json.loads(str(js))
</code></pre>

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