Herodotus practically wrote down anything he heard. He didn't care what it was, what it meant, or who said. He was very vague about what he wrote and he just gave a cap about it. He rarely went into detail and he was just concerned about getting done the basic information.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2001/dec/22/fiction.dondelillo
Thucydides cared more about getting down to the details and finding out everything that happened. He wouldn't write something down unless he thought it was extremely important and that it had true meaning. He was picky and he wanted to make sure he got the right things down.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/sep/18/september11.politicsphilosophyandsociety
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