Leading hawks in Washington who back a military attack on Iraq have turned their guns on the New York Times, charging that America’s most influential newspaper is deliberately distorting its news coverage to undermine the case for war.There have been rumblings of concern within the Bush administration and rival sections of the press for some weeks, but the dismay has broken into the open with some trenchant criticism this week of alleged appeasement of Saddam Hussein.The New York Times, reflecting the views of its predominantly liberal, metropolitan readership and editorial staff, has long been hostile to the Bush administration and...