The article is garbage. The picture itself is well known, and it shows known debris around the planet. Those are not limited to the geostationary orbit, and in fact - given the scale - only the LEO debris are shown. The geostationary orbit, being 22,236 miles above ground, would look like this:
There is still a valid concern that satellites at the graveyard orbit will be bombarded by space dust and larger meteorites and eventually that will result in either slowing down of the whole satellite or in chipping small pieces off; then those pieces can get into lower orbits. But the article talks about ridiculous things; did *any* editor at Space Daily even read this stuff? Do they allow anyone off the street to post anything they want?