Graphics: AttributeError: 'Response' object has no attribute 'text'

ubuntu@staging:/srv/chris.reports.qa.ubuntu.com$ ./manage.py jenkins_pull_phoronix
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./manage.py", line 11, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 443, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 382, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 196, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 232, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "/srv/chris.reports.qa.ubuntu.com/graphics/management/commands/jenkins_pull_phoronix.py", line 95, in handle
    add_records(job)
  File "/srv/chris.reports.qa.ubuntu.com/graphics/management/commands/jenkins_pull_phoronix.py", line 63, in add_records
    jdata = json.loads(json_file.text)
AttributeError: 'Response' object has no attribute 'text'