[washingtonpost] Failure to parse JSON halts rip

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youtube-dl -v https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/this-3d-gunmaker-is-taking-on-the-state-and-hes-winning/2018/08/08/59c0e9fa-9b6c-11e8-a8d8-9b4c13286d6b_video.html

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/this-3d-gunmaker-is-taking-on-the-state-and-hes-winning/2018/08/08/59c0e9fa-9b6c-11e8-a8d8-9b4c13286d6b_video.html']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.07.29
[debug] Python version 3.5.2 (CPython) - Linux-4.4.0-131-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.14-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, ffprobe 2.8.14-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
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[washingtonpost] 59c0e9fa-9b6c-11e8-a8d8-9b4c13286d6b: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: 59c0e9fa-9b6c-11e8-a8d8-9b4c13286d6b: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by JSONDecodeError('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; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 866, in _parse_json
    return json.loads(json_string)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/json/__init__.py", line 319, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/json/decoder.py", line 339, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/json/decoder.py", line 357, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 866, in _parse_json
    return json.loads(json_string)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/json/__init__.py", line 319, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/json/decoder.py", line 339, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/json/decoder.py", line 357, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 502, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/washingtonpost.py", line 40, in _real_extract
    video_id, transform_source=strip_jsonp)[0]['contentConfig']
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 859, in _download_json
    expected_status=expected_status)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 843, in _download_json_handle
    fatal=fatal), urlh
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 870, in _parse_json
    raise ExtractorError(errmsg, cause=ve)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: 59c0e9fa-9b6c-11e8-a8d8-9b4c13286d6b: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by JSONDecodeError('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; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

[remitamine]

youtube-dl https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/this-3d-gunmaker-is-taking-on-the-state-and-hes-winning/2018/08/08/59c0e9fa-9b6c-11e8-a8d8-9b4c13286d6b_video.html
[washingtonpost] 59c0e9fa-9b6c-11e8-a8d8-9b4c13286d6b: Downloading JSON metadata
[washingtonpost] 59c0e9fa-9b6c-11e8-a8d8-9b4c13286d6b: Downloading m3u8 information
[washingtonpost] 59c0e9fa-9b6c-11e8-a8d8-9b4c13286d6b: Downloading m3u8 information
[washingtonpost] 59c0e9fa-9b6c-11e8-a8d8-9b4c13286d6b: Downloading m3u8 information
[download] Destination: This 3D gunmaker is taking on the state. And he’s winning.-59c0e9fa-9b6c-11e8-a8d8-9b4c13286d6b.mp4
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0 63.5M    0  518k    0     0   149k      0  0:07:16  0:00:03  0:07:13  149k

[p-ho]

This bug seems to be a geo-issue to me:
E.g., I can reproduce described error if performed from Germany. But as soon as I use a machine from a US region the download succeeds.