Herodotus gave a lot of facts and picked a side, but Thucydides had less information but wrote from each point of view.
Herodotus: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/opinion/06fri4.html?ref=sept112001
Thucydides:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/opinion/l10binladen.html?ref=sept112001
These articles are different because one has the coverage of the death of Bin Laden and the other talks about people's reactions.
The "Herodotus" article just talks about what has happened in our country, not in Afghanistan.
The "Thucydides" article has people writing in and expressing their opinion about the situation.
I would say that the fundamental distinction is that Herodotus "collects" stories whereas Thucydides seeks out the most accurate and verifiable account he can.
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