# I'm not proud. Blame billg.
json['text'] = str(json['text'].encode('ascii', 'ignore'))[2:-1]
- json['user']['screen_name'] = str(json['user']['screen_name'].encode('ascii', 'ignore'))[2:-1]
+ if 'user' in json:
+ json['user']['screen_name'] = str(json['user']['screen_name'].encode('ascii', 'ignore'))[2:-1]
setattr(status, '_json', json)
for k, v in json.items():