Slider not working – Javascript Error: IE and Chrome

Using Featured Articles Lite latest version

Getting this error in IE9:

SCRIPT438: Object doesn't support property or method 'parseJSON'
FeaturedArticles.jquery.js?ver=1.0, line 10 character 321

And similarly getting this in Chrome:

FeaturedArticles.jquery.js:10Uncaught TypeError: Object function (selector,context){return new jQuery.fn.init(selector,context);} has no method 'parseJSON'
A.fn.extend.FeaturedArticlesFeaturedArticles.jquery.js:10
jQuery.extend.eachjquery.js:175
jQuery.fn.jQuery.eachjquery.js:166
A.fn.extend.FeaturedArticlesFeaturedArticles.jquery.js:10
(anonymous function)FeaturedArticles.jquery.js:10
jQuery.fn.extend.readyjquery.js:181
jQuery.extend.ready.jQuery.readyListjquery.js:181
jQuery.extend.eachjquery.js:175

I can’t quite figure out why this is doing this at the moment.

I’ve tried disabling every plugin I have, and I’m merely using the custom include to insert the slider into my theme.