gistfile1.txt

import sys, os
import json

if __name__ == '__main__':
    f = open("formatted_tweets.json")
    data = f.read()
    f.close()
    
    tweets = json.loads(data)
    
    for tweet in tweets:
        try:    
            print tweet['text']
        except UnicodeEncodeError:
            pass

from json import loads

if name == 'main':
with open("formatted_tweets.json") as f:
for tweet in loads(f.read()):
try:
print tweet['text']
except UnicodeEncodeError:
pass