X-Git-Url: https://projects.mako.cc/source/twitter-api-cdsw/blobdiff_plain/4c43c9724c25c3d919cb535973559fab1f1c0a7b..5f84907a072eb4dd4b58dce2634f24ede6181eb8:/tweepy/models.py

diff --git a/tweepy/models.py b/tweepy/models.py
index 1338ab4..9b70070 100644
--- a/tweepy/models.py
+++ b/tweepy/models.py
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ class Status(Model):
     def parse(cls, api, json):
         status = cls(api)
         for k, v in json.items():
+            
+            # Hack by guyrt to fix unicode issues, which we do *not* want to teach.
+            if isinstance(v, basestring):
+                v = v.encode('ascii', errors='ignore')
+
             if k == 'user':
                 user_model = getattr(api.parser.model_factory, 'user') if api else User
                 user = user_model.parse(api, v)