[VICE] Failing to parse JSON

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Add the -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (youtube-dl -v <your command line>), copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-a', 'list.txt', '--ap-mso', 'DTV', '--ap-username', 'PRIVATE', '--ap-password', 'PRIVATE', '-v']
[debug] Batch file urls: ['https://www.viceland.com/en_us/video/who-is-anonymous/5771776a4939b9e7078f1f55']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.01.24
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17134
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1, ffprobe 4.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vice] 5771776a4939b9e7078f1f55: Downloading webpage
[vice] 5771776a4939b9e7078f1f55: Retrieving Media Token
[vice] 5771776a4939b9e7078f1f55: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: 5771776a4939b9e7078f1f55: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by ValueError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpa8aoq3sz\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 877, in _parse_json
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\__init__.py", line 318, in loads
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 343, in decode
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 361, in raw_decode
ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpa8aoq3sz\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 877, in _parse_json
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\__init__.py", line 318, in loads
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 343, in decode
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 361, in raw_decode
ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpa8aoq3sz\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 793, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpa8aoq3sz\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 508, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpa8aoq3sz\build\youtube_dl\extractor\vice.py", line 164, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpa8aoq3sz\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 870, in _download_json
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpa8aoq3sz\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 854, in _download_json_handle
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpa8aoq3sz\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 881, in _parse_json
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: 5771776a4939b9e7078f1f55: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by ValueError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I tried different links, but just one worked. This one: https://www.viceland.com/en_us/video/vice-labs-channel-surfing-chris-has-cool-hair/5c09a953be4077016174d781