Editing David Bloom (section)

==Early  life==
David Bloom was born in [[Edina, Minnesota]],<ref name="la obit">{{cite news |last=Neuman |first=Johanna |date=7 April 2003 |title=David Bloom, 39; NBC Correspondent in Iraq (obituary) |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-apr-07-me-bloom7-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501193738/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-apr-07-me-bloom7-story.html |archive-date=1 May 2023 |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> the son of Laura Jean (née Carmichael) and Harold James Bloom. He was an avid [[ice hockey]] player and state champion in high school debating in the [[National Forensic League]]. Bloom attended [[Pitzer College]] in [[Claremont, California]], from 1981 to 1985, where he majored in [[political science]].

In 1985, Bloom was ranked top in the nation for intercollegiate policy debate. He and his partner, Greg Mastel, were ranked the top debate team in the nation before entering the National Debate Tournament of 1985. They lost in quarter-finals to [[Loyola Marymount University|Loyola Marymount]].