the_content() not working with css

hi there i have a problem with the get_content() function in my loop. Why isn’t the text returned by the_content() being styled when the get_time() function is styled just fine. the syntax is exactly the same…

<div>
         <p class="NewsPostContent"><?php the_content();?>

    </div>
    <div>
         <p class="NewsPostDate"><?php the_time('F j, Y');?>

    </div>

}
.NewsPostBody {
  margin-top:2px;
  margin-bottom: 5px;
  margin-left: 20px;
  margin-right: 20px;
  font-family: "Arial";
  font-size: 14px;
  color: #888;
}
.NewsPostDate {
  margin-left: 20px;
  margin-right: 20px;
  margin-top: 7px;
  font-family: "Arial";
  font-size: 14px;
  color: #666;
}