Strange behavior in IE < 10

[SarahBear]

I'm returning a table row that contains information about a file, but it seems in IE versions older than 10, it is cutting off some of the returned json when being used.

 

The data is being returned properly as seen in the following json:

{"file_name":"<i class='video'><\/i> <a href=\"\/Development\/test(4).mp4\" class=\"is_file\" target=\"_blank\">test(4).mp4<\/a>"}

But when you use it, it cuts off the html.  A simple alert will return

</i> test(4).mp4</a>

and same when appending it and the sort.  It is also happening for another part of HTML that is being returned properly in the json.  It is working for everything else that is returned.

 

I have been searching around for a very long time trying to find why this is happening.  Has anyone other than me encountered this?