The article did NOT say that there were no martyrs at all, just that there were not as many as you would like... And to even TRY an equate Christianity in America as the kind of persecutions early Christians experienced makes you look quite childish and hysterical. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
His version of what will be done to the envoys also indicates the kind of persecution that Jesus elsewhere warns the disciples to expect (cf. Mt 10:17, 23). (religion-online.org)
Jesus had this kind of persecution when he was on the earth, and look what happened to him. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)