SyntaxError: Unexpected token ) - html

Question

I am posting this because I have not seen this exact question before, and I have had no luck going through previous posts.
I am creating a layout of an application called Exhibit, one that lays out my data on a timeline. The html code is structured for Exhibit.
My data is stored in a JSON file. I have checked this with JLint and it seems to be in the correct format. Yet I am thrown the above error regarding my JSON file.
Here is one object from my JSON file.
{
"items" : [
{
"url" : "http:\/\/twitter.com\/acarvin\/statuses\/32815014167445504",
"uri" : "file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/david\/Documents\/Work\/Exhibit\/CAR\/item#%40acarvin%3A%20AlJaz%20showing%20huge%20crowds%20rushing%20down%20a%20Cairo%20street.%20\'It%20is%20an%20intense%20battle%20here.\'%20%23jan25",
"time" : "2011-02-02 14:58:03",
"date" : "2005",
"action" : "reporting",
"hour" : "14:58:03",
"role" : "reporter",
"username" : "acarvin",
"keywords" : [
"crowd",
" battle",
" al jazeera"
],
"ignoretime" : "2\/2\/2011 14:58:03",
"type" : "Item",
"label" : "#acarvin: AlJaz showing huge crowds rushing down a Cairo street. \'It is an intense battle here.\' #jan25",
"gender" : "male",
"location" : "talaat harb",
"origin" : "file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/david\/Documents\/Work\/Exhibit\/CAR\/hands-on.html#%40acarvin%3A%20AlJaz%20showing%20huge%20crowds%20rushing%20down%20a%20Cairo%20street.%20\'It%20is%20an%20intense%20battle%20here.\'%20%23jan25"
}
]
}
Can anyone see what may be happening?
note: I specified the type of my data as application/json when I called it.

Answer 1

There are several invalid escapes in your strings in the form \'. While those are valid in JavaScript strings (whether single-quoted or double-quoted), they are not valid JSON. In JSON, a ' is just a '.
With those in place, the string will not validate. With the extraneous \ removed, it will. (I used http://jsonlint.com to confirm.)