Refusing to acknowledge something unpleasant is a way of coping with that thing. Saying something that’s unpleasant isn’t unpleasant or there, convinces them that it might make it actually go away,
Using an absolute adjective in a comparative sentences makes your English sound strange so watch out! Another example of an absolute adjective is 'unique' because it means 'one of a kind' and, therefore, it can not be 'more unique' than something. It's either 'unique' or it isn't.
The pronoun that correctly completes the sentence is the pronoun "Who". So the complete sentence would be: "About who was the article written?" We used the pronoun "who" because it is used as the subject of the sentence, therefore a subjective pronoun should be used. The "whom" pronoun is an objective pronoun and should be used only as a direct object.